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MEP: Media industry must not infiltrate data retention laws
News Speaking to ZDNet UK on Monday, Liberal Democrat MEP Baroness Sarah According to the Open Rights Group, another Liberal Democrat MEP, The music and film industry has been criticised by a member of the
[November 29, 2005, 13:25]
MEP calls for unmetered access in UK
News The call for unmetered Internet calls gained another ally Tuesday as MEP Diana Wallis added her voice to the campaign. But the MEP attacked the move as being short sighted. Wallis called on Chancellor Gordon Brown to introduce unmetered access...
[November 3, 1999, 8:00]
Put pressure on Adobe and others via your MEP
Talkback Better than attending an event hosted by Adobe - you may not get a chance to voice your opinion - write instead to your MEP about this uncompetitive and anti-European stance. Your MEP's details can be found at http://www.writetothem.com
[April 19, 2007, 8:32]
MEP: Media industry must not infiltrate data retention laws
Talkback The general issue here is that the commercially sponsored lobby is more often then not the one voice that's mostly heard (or even the only one heard) by politicians that make decisions that impact many directly or indirectly.
[November 29, 2005, 21:12]
EU Parliament forgives Council for adopting patent directive
Talkback Who is the anonymous MEP quoted in this article? And how does this MEP explain what happened on the 7th? Who took which decision? Did Denmark ask for reopening of negotiations or did it not? Can the EP answer the 23 questions that we have asked the...
[April 1, 2005, 2:31]
Austrian politician joins the anti-patent movement
News A senior Austrian MEP, who is a speaker on economic policy for the ruling political party in Austria and the vice-president of the largest political group in the European Parliament, spoke out against software patents to the Austrian Minister of...
[November 24, 2004, 11:50]
EU patent decision postponed
Talkback The 'e' in MEP does not signify the same as a prefix i.e.eHome, eMac, E-Services. I don't think that MEP's will take E-mails too seriously, therfore writing a good old fashioned letter is best. How many can be bothered I don't 'know, it not like a...
[December 8, 2004, 19:05]
Politicians demand fresh start for patent directive
Talkback Now these fat, lazy MEP's say they want to be involved, where were they before? I am sure now that the MEP's involved are only doing this because of big business, and I hope that they don't get thier way.
[January 10, 2005, 18:34]
Patent directive adoption just days away
Talkback You could of course just write to the minister directly; but if you do, you will just receive a standard civil service reply, and the minister will never see it.writing to your MEP is a good option and can be done [for UK users] by entering your...
[January 25, 2005, 10:20]
Evolutionary Design of Intrusion Detection Programs
White Papers Three variants of genetic programming techniques namely Linear Genetic Programming (LGP), Multi-Expression Programming (MEP) and Gene Expression Programming (GEP) were evaluated to design IDP. Several indices are used for comparisons and a detailed...
[June 18, 2008, 1:01]
EU patent decision postponed
Talkback More work needs to be done by the rest of us to prove to the MEP's that software patents are not wanted. Just writing to (or even emailing) your local MEP would help loads. I think a wakeup call is needed for all those who oppose software patents...
[December 8, 2004, 12:41]
Liberal Democrats accused of double standards over patents
News He said that German liberal MEP Alexander Alvaro's vote was in contradiction to the policy of his party -- Germany's Free Democratic Party (FDP), which opposes software patenting. David Chan, a developer at Clockwork Software Systems, said that he...
[June 23, 2005, 16:00]
More MEPs demand transparency after patent debacle
News Baroness Sarah Ludford, an MEP from the UK Liberal Democrat party, said that lobby groups have a constitutional right to contact members of parliament. Xavier Dutrent, who has been assistant to Socialist MEP Gilles Savary for five years, said that...
[July 19, 2005, 17:05]
Europe won't back down on Vista
News In a joint statement, Chris Heaton-Harris MEP (Cons), Peter Skinner MEP (Lab) and Sharon Bowles MEP (Lib Dem) said that EC concerns could have delayed the release of Vista in Europe, to the detriment of small businesses in their constituencies.
[October 16, 2006, 17:20]
Software patents vote delayed
News It seems that we are on the verge of adopting a patenting regime modelled on that of the US, at the very moment when critics in that country have begun to be forceful and articulate in condemning it," said Andrew Duff MEP, a UK Liberal Democrat...
[June 30, 2003, 12:30]
EU anti-piracy directive heads for final vote
News Several JURI MEPs debating the directive criticised the rush to send the draft through for fast-track "First Reading" approval next month, including German MEP Willi Rothley, according to an account of the meeting published by IP Justice.
[February 26, 2004, 11:05]
EU Parliament forgives Council for adopting patent directive
Talkback The European Parliament spokesman quoted in the article is not an MEP - he is the spokesman for the JURI committee. Thanks for your comments.
[April 1, 2005, 9:49]
Software patent directive adopted
Talkback Then write to your MEP(s) at writetothem.com; see if you can drum up some political support - I know it seems like a lost cause but everything's worth a fight. English?
[March 7, 2005, 22:52]
UKIP bashes software patents
Talkback Unfortunately their MEP's are closely tied to Patent Lawers and the pro-software patent lobby. The liberal democrats have a policy making it clear they are against Software Patents including the Council Text.
[May 3, 2005, 19:24]
Pro-patent lobby in sticky situation over ice-cream offer
News A pro-patent group's plan to attract the attention of European Parliament members with free ice-cream may have landed it in hot water, after a campaign email was sent from an MEP's account without his permission.
[June 6, 2005, 16:50]
