Of note is the public protest on Saturday 11th in conjunction with other European cities.
https://www.facebook.com/events/372841852732565/ On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 7:46 AM, Ramon Casha <[email protected]> wrote: > For those of you on facebook, there's a group against ACTA. > > https://www.facebook.com/groups/284478734946368/ > > > Ramon Casha > > > > On 31 January 2012 06:28, Daniel <[email protected]> wrote: > >> In the meantime, let's do something practical. visit the AVAAZ website. >> >> *http://www.avaaz.org/en/eu_save_the_internet/?fp* >> >> >> >> Patents fall under intellectual property. Small software houses and >> start-ups are also affected. If this gets as bad as airport security with >> regards to privacy invasion, even Joe Public will join us in such a >> campaign. >> >> Considering that China already pulled out of it, i don't get the whole >> point of the US pushing this down the EU's throat. Its already a lost >> battle. I am moving my servers to AWS in Brazil ... oh wait, I have to pay >> with Visa and they are American - dammit >> >> On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 7:53 PM, David C. Carachi < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> In what way? By enforcing software patents? >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] [mailto: >>> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Warren Camilleri >>> Sent: 30 January 2012 19:53 >>> To: Malta Linux User Group - general list >>> Subject: Re: [LINUX.ORG.MT] ACTA >>> >>> i know that ramon it also eliminates projects like libreoffice.org, >>> android and such... >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Warren Camilleri >>> >>> Founding Father >>> Mobile: +356 7991 2004 <%2B356%207991%202004> >>> Skype: ossmalta | Twitter: warren_oss >>> Also a member of MLUG, The Document Foundation, Ubuntu Malta >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Ramon Casha" <[email protected]> >>> To: "MLUG List" <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Monday, 30 January, 2012 7:35:19 PM >>> Subject: [LINUX.ORG.MT] ACTA >>> >>> >>> Has anyone taken a close look at ACTA from the perspective of Linux >>> and/or OSS? For instance, with ACTA, DVD playing software in Linux is >>> illegal (because they still rely on decss). Also, according to an analysis >>> by the FSF, ACTA would require that ISPs no longer host free software that >>> can access copyrighted media, and DRM-protected media would not be legally >>> playable with free or open source software. >>> >>> Ramon Casha >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> MLUG-list mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list >>> _______________________________________________ >>> MLUG-list mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> MLUG-list mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MLUG-list mailing >> [email protected]http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list >> >> >> -- >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MLUG-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > >
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