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Patent Mess May Stifle Australian Software

Posted by timothy on from the specific-example-of-a-general-truth dept.

gtoomey writes "Australian Open Source lawyer Brendan Scott is claiming the USA/Australia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) will damage all Australian software development. An article in the Sydney Morning Herald says that developers have probably built products which 'infringe' on U.S. software patents, while the FTA is forcing Australia to adopt DCMA laws."

3 of 231 comments (clear)

  1. slashdot hates America by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Why do you guys hate America?

    Patents help American corporations extract profits from the rest of the Earth.

    If you get rid of patents you let the euro-hippies and red chinese win!

  2. th1s is goatsex by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    theiR parting kill myself like BACKWARD AND SAID

  3. Bloody Howard! by matdodgson · · Score: 0, Troll

    Bloody Howard (prime minister)! Vote for Latham at the ballot box!