http://mplayerhq.hu/homepage/index.html

Closed for patent infringement

This site has been shut down because of numerous patent violations in MPlayer. The other free software multimedia players are next.

Multimedia is a patent minefield. All important techniques and formats are covered by broad and trivial patents that are harming progress and alternative implementations, such as free software multimedia players.

The European commission has just passed its directive on software patents, violating democratic rules and procedures to the sole benefit of big non-European corporation and Ireland and to the detriment of small and medium sized businesses (which comprise 99% of the European software industry) and free software.

The European parliament will now be taking the last stand against software patents in a voting for which an absolute majority is needed. Such a majority is hard to come by in a parliament with a low attendance level.

But not all is lost yet as long as you decide it is time to make a difference and take action. This is our last opportunity to fend off software patents worldwide, there will be no second chance for the foreseeable future.

Signing petitions will not suffice. Contact your local EU representatives and educate them why software patents are a bad idea in the first place and why they must attend that parliament session to vote against them. Make it clear that they need to stop the machinations of the EU council and reaffirm the power of the EU parliament, the only democratically elected EU institution. For in-depth information and starting points to get active visit the software patent page of the FFII (Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure) and NoSoftwarePatents.com.

Wish us luck, we will need it.

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Enter the MPlayer homepage while it is still available.

Kill MPlayer -- this is not a poor man's world

Read this . I just couldn't resist and came here to blog.

the monday morning shock....visit the site and for all mplayer fan's this will b like a bad news not an easy one to take. For all my life I have been in love with Winamp for windows and mplayer for linux. The news has come as a hard blow for me.

The last line on the page says " wish us luck, we will need it ".

You have all the luck MPlyaer community, nothing can stop you now. Free software is here to stay and no-nobody can stop you. I have a hunch, though I know those multinationals big brothers of s/w don't work on hunches n have all the resources in the world to kill ne one up for goodness of society...but still I know this RobinHood will survive.

Hats Off To "The Community"!

singapore...the stay ..am busy

am so sorry am so busy..these days that i can't even find time to blog
Couple of things happened this time around

• am the proud owner of a photo 30 GB iPOD. Its an engineering marvel, i keep falling in love with over n over again. Shall write more about it sometime
  
• Picked up a free incoming without contract plan for my cell(yaa still the same ole nokia 3350 can't change it guys...had bought it with money saved from my scholarship while in college..an ole relationship).alas not many people keep calling...ISD is expensive
• Was down with viral fever for some dayz...had to forcibly stay in home..had some bad time keeping up with myself during that one day...i was alone with me.
• Have realized that the present stay in Singapore is long. And no body knows how long. May be have to skip a lot of things back at my home in India.
• Am pretty regular on orkut these dayz.
  

And last but not the least am pretty pissed of at most times in the day. Am having terrible mood swings. Am working on one of the biggest and fav project with a boss who rocks and sharing a flat. So those who know me whats the pain in the ass for a guy like me.