Demonstrations Against EU Software Patent Plans

Posted by timothy on Wednesday August 20, 2003 @01:41AM from the insidious-plots dept.

Halo1 writes "On Wednesday August 27th, there will be a demonstration at the European Parliament in Brussels against the proposed directive on software patents, organised by the FFII. As an additional (or alternative) action, people are encouraged to participate in an online demonstration that day, replacing the main page of their website with a text explaining the dangers of introducing unlimited patentability in Europe. The proposed directive would make it impossible to refuse patents on algorithms and business methods such as a recently uncovered European patent from Amazon on ordering a gift for and automatically delivering it to a third party, which is even broader than its infamous 1-Click patent."

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You want example pages? Get them here! by Cyclops · 2003-08-20 03:49 · Score: 4, Informative

Who's got the time to write this up and modify their web site? Better if somebody makes up a standard page we can all copy.

How about these example pages?

/. management, please send this article into the main page...