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EU Software Patent Directive Getting Hot

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the so-take-off-all-your-clothes dept.

zoobab writes "Next wednesday, on the 6th July, the European Parliament will have the last chance to prevent US-style software patents in the EU. If the Parliament fails to reach 367 votes for the key amendments, then the Council directive will legalize business methods and software patents. Yesterday, many political groups have tabled amendments to patch the Council text. A demonstration online is running with currently 2400 websites shutting down until the vote. A physical demonstration is also planned in Strasbourg on next tuesday the 5th of July."

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  1. Oh no! by MyLongNickName · · Score: 3, Funny

    Highland Recycling's website is going on strike! If this doesn't get the EU's attention, I don't know what will.

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    1. Re:Oh no! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      > Highland Recycling's website is going on strike!
      > If this doesn't get the EU's attention,
      > I don't know what will.

      Your welcome, I'm the webmaster. :)

      To answer your question, if taking down our website doesn't work, then our backup plan involves the fleet of manure haulage vehicles we have out back. And yes, that should get their attention.
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  2. Physical Demonstration by jasoncart · · Score: 5, Funny

    Slashdot is possibly the only place where a demonstration would have to be called a "physical demonstration". Its, like, outside and everything...

  3. I shutted my ENTIRE site down... by Cinquero · · Score: 2, Funny

    http://omnibus.uni-freiburg.de/~stierm/

    There is a script so you can do so, too.