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Story: Software patent directive rejected
Posted by: Colin Tinto, Home Media Networks (Thursday 7 July 2005, 11:49 AM)
Patenting software makes things very difficult for small software companies to compete with the much larger players. It also prevents interroperability, creating confusion for consumers, who, for example, can't understand why their MP3 player won't play back certain music tracks they've downloaded, or their DVD player won't play a movie they've just bought.
Colin Tinto, Home Media Networks
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