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Second Round of EU Patent Fight, Coming Up

Posted by timothy on from the don'tcha-love-patents dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Seems that last fall's victory over EU patent regulations was just round one. The current draft rejects all clarifying amendments made by the European Parliament, allowing direct patentability of computer programs. A net-wide protest is being organized on April 14."

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  1. The one good thing by The_Mystic_For_Real · · Score: 5, Funny

    The one good thing about this is that now the US won't fall behind Europe in the software field.

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    1. Re:The one good thing by LostCluster · · Score: 4, Funny

      But it appears the EU will surpass the USA in the bad law field very quickly...

    2. Re:The one good thing by FrYGuY101 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Between the DMCA and the USA PATRIOT act, the US has Europe beaten there for the foreseeable future as well...

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  2. moo by sleepnmojo · · Score: 5, Funny

    If the sites don't go down in protest, we'll slashdot them

  3. Protest in your living room. by normal_guy · · Score: 5, Funny
    A net-wide protest is being organized on April 14.

    And we know that influential lawmakers frequent Slashdot, Fark, Plastic, and Sourceforge.

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    1. Re:Protest in your living room. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
      If you want to have an impact, get the sites they see involved.

      So exactly which porn sites do the EU Parlament frequent?

  4. Will anyone give a fuck about a "net-wide protest" by stratjakt · · Score: 1, Funny

    To most people, the 'net is not a part of the real world.

    A mountain of handwritten (not boilerplate) letters, or an angry mob chanting cheesy slogans "hey ho thin and fat uns - we dont want no software patents" would be more effective.

    Either way, I dont care.

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  5. Re:Software patents are good.. in general by fluffybacon · · Score: 3, Funny
    Take a look at Europe, where software patents are uninforceable ....... I'm talking about software that's revolutionary enough that you'd actually be willing to put down a few dollars to buy.
    Indeed if only the europeans could come up with something revolutionary like Linux instead of all the Microsoft rubbish they keep forcefeeding us
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  6. Bull by unsinged+int · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hey buddy, what are you in for?

    I wrote a program that used an illegal data structure.

    Woah. Dude. Stay away from me!

  7. Bad patents in the US tainting the world? by StateOfTheUnion · · Score: 2, Funny

    Does anyone else get the impression that bad patents in the US are causing other countries to amend their patent laws to allow their companies to participate in what they see as a "land grab" for patentable technology. Patents are useful, but unfortunately bad patents in the US are spoiling the game for everyone . . . and I'm afraid that the the EU is just trying to sink lower than the US because their afraid that if they don't, then they're going to miss out on the "land grab" for software, business processes and other non-tangible idea patents.

  8. EU Patriots! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Europeans should just shut up and loose all their freedoms just like people in the USA!

    In Soviet Russia, Software Patents Fight YOU!

    (More and More it seems like the Soviets had more freedom than people caught up in the 'New World Order')