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EU Patents Won't Stay Dead
sconeu writes "Apparently the EC is ignoring the restart directive, and has placed software patents as an A-Item on the Council of Minister's agenda with an aim for approval on Monday." From the article: "The directive is pitched as offering greater protection for software developers. Opponents, including many in the European parliament, fear it will simply provide big players, including America's powerful and litigious software giants, with a very large stick to batter upstart developers and the Open Source movement." Update: 03/04 22:04 GMT by Z : And just as quick as you please Denmark stops things in their tracks. Denmark's objection means that there will have to be further debate before the patents get the stamp.
Hi, you are destroying European democracy and assisting in the creation of a totalitarian future for your children. Hope they're paying you well!
The EC has always been partial to corporations, establishing fascist government control, and things of that order.
That's what you have a large body with a lot of power that was not elected by the populace: abuse. Particularly when the people involved are incompetent politicians that were given the post so as to "get rid of them" by their political friends.
It's sickening how they and overreach their boundries and dictate to people that don't want their say. It's doubly sickening how their word is the final word in the EU. Bloody pathetic how so many people had their (albeit limited) democracies ripped away from them.
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When you're starving, no, there isn't more to existing in a society than personal profit.
Stupid faggot.
Yeah, a shame that these so called "representatives" aren't even elected, so they don't even answer to the citizens of the countries they "represent". Don't you find it odd that the elected portion of the EU repeatedly turned down software patents while these "representatives" are going full steam ahead?
Not surprising at all. Europe is full of people who fully embrace the U.N., another organization with no elected officials who answer to no one. And they in turn create organizations with no elected officials who answer to know.
Are you noticing a trend yet?
Blessed be he who reads this post, Cursed be he who tells my boss.
Great. Unfortunately the commissioner from the UK is Peter Mandelson. Twice sacked from his own government for corruption, he is seemingly impossible to get rid of. I don't know anything about his fellow commissioners; is it safe to assume that they are all held to the same standards of honesty and integrity by whatever body oversees appointments to the European Commission?
Okay, you mofos who modded me down, you're probably all Americans who have never even been to the EU and just assumed that my joke was karma whoring. Well I just thought I'd inform you that the situation in Europe is actually quite grave; the Conseil des Ministres is going to gain even more power with the constitution that will probably be passed soon, paving the way for many more un-democratic travesties of government. Before you mod something down for being "overrated" be sure it is in fact overrated and not wistful and ironic humor that is over your heads.
Sincerely,
from Besançon, France
Ah the petty politics of Slashdot. My karma is still excellent, whores. Just because I don't play up to your tastes.