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Story: Commission refuses to rewrite patent directive
Posted by: Marc Thompson (Monday 28 February 2005, 6:19 PM)
I think the EU will loose a lot of trust among IT professionals over this issue.
IT is clear that they are ignoring the democratic voice of the vast majority in order to cater to the every whim of a few large multi-national companies who stand to making billions (if not trillions) if this directive gets through.
It seems every MEP plays down this bill to constituants (who are obviously going to loose in the long run with higher software prices due to less competition) but then plays up the bill when talking to the companies who are pushing it!
This could be the issue which shows whether the EU government is for sale to big business like the US government or whether it can act democratically!
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Story: Commission refuses to rewrite patent directive
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I think the EU will loose a lot of trust among IT... Marc Thompson -
The problem is that the Commission is unaccou... Anonymous -
The only way to punish the commission for this. Se... Anonymous
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"CIID" is an insult too
A "computer implemented in... Hartmut Pilch
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Suppose the Commission is simply corrupted.
P... Anonymous
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Some comments on this article are very ill-informe... Eur Ing Christopher Thoday
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Let us hope the parliament now submits a revision... Anonymous
