Include a Media Player in Installation CD / DVD

[Basil Chupin]

On 15/08/2010 22:56, Billie Walsh wrote:
> On 08/15/2010 07:39 AM, Basil Chupin wrote:
>> On 15/08/2010 22:12, Jim Byrnes wrote:
>>    
>>> Basil Chupin wrote:
>>>
>>>      
>>>> On 15/08/2010 19:27, Yorvyk wrote:
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>> On Sun, 15 Aug 2010 17:41:34 +1000
>>>>> Basil Chupin<blchupin at iinet.net.au>     wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>> On 15/08/2010 13:21, IdleOne wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>> Ubuntu comes with Totem as a default as for the codecs, there are legal
>>>>>>> reasons why those codecs are not installed by default and they won't be
>>>>>>> anytime soon
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>              
>>>>>> Nor forever - if the terms of the secret negotiations now going on
>>>>>> between nations, and about which they are "sworn" not to discuss or
>>>>>> disclose to their citizens are accepted. I read about this only a day or
>>>>>> so ago but now cannot find the reference to this :-( .
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And it is not a joke.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'll see if I can find this article I read and will then post it
>>>>>> probably in sounder.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>            
>>>>> I think it is ACTA that you’re talking about.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>> I believe you are correct. All I now need is to find the article I
>>>> mentioned. The details of this ACTA are not revealed or discussed
>>>> publicly - the whole thing is being dealt in complete secrecy.
>>>>
>>>> BC
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>        
>>> Maybe on this site:http://www.theregister.co.uk.  I know that's where I
>>> read about it.
>>>
>>> Regards,  Jim
>>>
>>>      
>> No it wasn't - I haven't read TheRegister in quite a while. However,
>> I'll check it out.
>>
>> I read the article in either one of our local (Australian) [online]
>> newspapers or the BBC News (online) or Global Research or.....damned if
>> I can remember! :-) .
>>
>> BC
>>    
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Counterfeiting_Trade_Agreement
>
> <partial quote>
> At the 8th round of negotiations, 12–16 April 2010 in Wellington 
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellington>, New Zealand, it was agreed 
> to release the official current draft text 
> <http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2010/april/tradoc_146029.pdf>, 
> which was published on 20 April 2010. As a draft the text that is 
> still subject to negotiation, and the published draft text includes 
> alternative wording and suggestions in brackets. The published draft 
> text does not indicate the position of individual countries.
> </partial quote>
>
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Counterfeiting_Trade_Agreement#cite_note-ige.ch-7>http://www.eff.org/issues/acta
>
> <partial quote>
> ACTA has several features that raise significant potential concerns 
> for consumers’ privacy and civil liberties, for innovation and the 
> free flow of information on the Internet, legitimate commerce, and for 
> developing countries’ ability to choose policy options that best suit 
> their domestic priorities and level of economic development.
> </partial quote>

Thanks, Billie, I'll check this out - even though this was not where I 
read the article re this :-) (damn memory.....I can still remember about 
something but not where or when I read about it :-D .)

BC

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