The Malta Anti-ACTA Group has prepared a press release which should be sent to the press TODAY, and are asking whether MLUG would like to be included in this PR.

This has not gone out to press yet, but it has to go out soon. Are there any objections? If everyone is ok with this I'll tell them to go ahead.

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The Malta Anti-Acta Group (MAAG) would like to inform the general public of its reasons for opposing
the Acta Treaty. It would also like to announce a public protest to be held on Saturday 11 February at
11am, City Gate Valletta. Various organisations, including Moviment Graffitti, Alternattiva Demokratika
Zghazagh, Front Kontra c-Censura, Forum Zghazagh Laburisti, Kunsill Studenti Junior College, Malta
Alliance for Freedom, ir-Realtá Collective, MOVE Progressive Students and Pulse, support and will be
attending the demonstration.

The Acta Treaty has been negotiated behind closed doors without engaging public debate and has
suffered from numerous problems of transparency. This treaty establishes a committee which operates
outside the normal framework of the World Trade Organisation and which has powers to amend the
treaty itself in a way which potentially circumvents the normal democratic process.

The MAAG is worried that this treaty would result in disproportionate actions against intellectual
property rights infringement becoming the norm. The ambiguous nature of the treaty also makes the
measures introduced for protecting intellectual property rights liable to abuse.

In particular, the implementation of these measures can have a detrimental effect on the rights to
privacy of individuals, forcing ISPs to reveal personal information about alleged infringers. The treaty
also paves the way for courts to consider ordering compensation for infringements consisting of
amounts based on questionable criteria defined arbitrarily by rights holders themselves.

The ambiguous language used in ACTA also puts generic medicine at the risk of being targeted unjustly
as a counterfeit product, stopping the distribution of essential medicines to those who require them
most. This is further aggravated by the border control provisions in the treaty, which would also allow
for the interruption of the transit of these medicines between two non-signatory countries whenever
they pass through a signatory country.

For these reasons MAAG is urging the public to attend the protest on Saturday to express its concern
regarding a treaty which poses a threat to democratic processes, right to privacy, Freedom of Expression
and medicinal distribution.

Reuben Zammit

Tel: 79091379

Hi Penguins,

I'm forwarding this message on behalf of the Malta Anti-ACTA group:

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Malta Linux Group qed insibilhom problema bil-contact page u mghandix cans nilghab al addresses ta nies. Din l-official email. Amilli pjacir wassalilhom u al feedback tihom l-email tiji Reuben.Zammit-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org

Dear Malta Linux User Group,

As you may know, a peaceful demonstration in protest of the ACTA-treaty shall be held on Saturday 11th February at 11am, City Gate Valletta. Your organisation is invited to officially attend this protest. Your presence and participation would be greatly appreciated. Kindly confirm whether you will be attending as an organisation by the earliest time possible.
Your organisation is also being invited to present a speaker to deliver a short statement regarding the issue and your organisation’s position. If you should decide to avail from such an opportunity, please inform us who will be representing and addressing the public on behalf of the organisation during the event.
We hope to see you on the day. Thank you for your attention.

Regards,

Reuben

Malta Anti-Acta Group"

Regards,

David Carachi

I think that it is taken on by Gslapt:

http://www.google.co.uk/url?q=http://forum.vectorlinux.com/index.php%3Ftopic%3D57.0&sa=U&ei=kFIpT8HkNtTU4QS_iKnqAw&ved=0CCMQFjAC&sig2=sLOqKAKQjvw5kRjiBCTRzA&usg=AFQjCNHU3qNdtwlLN7SfM_h3pOyu9PEbGQ

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Hi Guys,
Just downloaded the above live CD, and wow...
Try it, and see for yourself.

Charles

Hi All,

recently I migrated one of my pc to linux and I have a search issue. Before I used to use google desktop (before migrating) however this option is not available any longer because google no longer supports desktop and therefore I cannot get it installed longer. I tried a few file search apps but was deeply dissatisfied. None where index based searching and they all crashed while in the process of searching.

Therefore I was wondering whether you could recommend me any five star:
a. index searching utility, &
b. normal search utility (i.e. one that goes through files one by one).

for linux?

thanks :)

John