Hi guys, As a member of the Anti-ACTA committee, I'd like to inform you that we are releasing a PR today. As soon as I get go home this evening, I'll attach the details. Also, would you like to be given a slot for a 4 min speech on Saturday's protest?
PS: Ramon, I need your contact no, to better coordinate efforts. Regards, David Carachi On 6 February 2012 11:38, Raphael Borg Ellul Vincenti <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi all, > > I am all for freedom of speech. I trust the police and judiciary in > keeping law and order. I however do not trust private corporations to be > given such powers to effectively shut down websites (possibly using > automation) if they suspect breach of copyright. They are not above the > law. If they believe that someone is at fault, then they can pursue the > culprit as they already do in Malta. Ask any ISP and they will tell you > that they already hand out warnings to their users. This will bring on a > paradigm shift in internet privacy akin to the airport security checks post > 9/11. In the end, no real criminal got caught with those checks and the > real criminals still got dangerous items on board. Who really suffered were > the passengers and the airport security personnel who now have a false > layer of security to account for. > > The goal of ACTA is good. However, the law is unnecessary as it is already > covered by other treaties. What it really gives is more power to the media > and brand companies. Power which stifles creation of new content and > innovation by building a fence wall around current intellectual property. > ACTA puts SME's out of business. Jobs - real jobs. Think about it. > > -- > Raphael > > > On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 7:34 AM, Ramon Casha <[email protected]>wrote: > >> As MLUG there are many problems that affect open source software >> directly. I think we should be officially against ACTA. >> >> Ramon Casha >> >> >> On 6 February 2012 06:00, Daniel <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Any feedback on what to say about ACTA next Saturday? >>> >>> I suggest to post some help for people who are asking what's ACTA? >>> >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=citzRjwk-sQ >>> >>> http://www.stopacta.info/ >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > >
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