Include a Media Player in Installation CD / DVD

[Basil Chupin]

On 15/08/2010 23:17, Basil Chupin wrote:
> On 15/08/2010 22:56, Billie Walsh wrote:
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>> On 08/15/2010 07:39 AM, Basil Chupin wrote:
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>>> On 15/08/2010 22:12, Jim Byrnes wrote:
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>>>> Basil Chupin wrote:
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>>>>> On 15/08/2010 19:27, Yorvyk wrote:
>>>>>
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>>>>>            
>>>>>> On Sun, 15 Aug 2010 17:41:34 +1000
>>>>>> Basil Chupin<blchupin at iinet.net.au>      wrote:
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>>>>>>              
>>>>>>> On 15/08/2010 13:21, IdleOne wrote:
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>>>>>>>> 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
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>> I think it is ACTA that you’re talking about.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>> 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 .)
>    

I still cannot find the actual article, but now that I think about it I 
am sure that it, in fact, referred to this one:

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/tougher-online-piracy-rules-unlikely/story-e6frgakx-1225888232938

BC

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