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EU Closer To Rejecting Software Patents

Posted by Zonk on from the one-step-forward-two-steps-back dept.

niekko writes "BusinessWeek is reporting on the hot subject of European software patent directive. 'The European Parliament moved Tuesday toward rejecting a proposed law creating a single way of patenting software across the European Union, officials said -- a move that would effectively kill the legislation since lawmakers do not plan to set forth a new version.'"

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  1. exposes the lie by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Commisioner McCreevy has basically threatened to scrap everything if parliament amends the councils text. The Rocard-Duff ammendments calarify the bill, codifying the stated aims of the pro-swpat lobby.

    First the patent lobby fuck with the democratic process and force a mysteriously uncommon 'common position', then they complain when parliament looks like passing ammendments that give them what they /say/ they wanted all along.

    This is a democracy, if the losers in industry or the EU commision don't like it they can go and live elsewhere.

    Thankyou for playing.

  2. Re:More details by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Please don't link to Jehova's Witness websites from slashdot.

  3. Re:More details by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: -1, Troll

    For those who don't know Der Spiegel, it meant "The Mirror". And to those in the UK, yes, it's the same kind of newspaper.

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  4. Re:adios corporate america by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 0, Troll

    if eu rejects this, i'm relocating my business to europe.

    I think you'll think it over when you see the taxes rate over there. Not to mention strict labor laws and unions.

    You should consider Eire. It's not in the EU and it's business-friendly.

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    "A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash