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Sept 24 Is World Day Against Software Patents
zoobab writes "Veteran European anti-software patent campaigners have launched the World Day against Software Patents. They say, 'The issue of software patents is a global one, and several governments and patent offices around the world continue to grant software & business method patents on a daily basis; they are pushing for legal codification of the practice, such as currently in New Zealand and India. We declare the 24 September as the World Day Against Software Patents, in commemoration of the European Parliament First Reading in 2003 with amendments stopping the harmful patenting of software, guaranteeing that software programmers and businesses can safely benefit from the fruits of their work under copyright law.'"
I'm not stupid, and I think you're wrong. The problem was directly caused by lack of regulation and enforcement.
FWIW, you need to do more research. The opinion radio slant you've got there is a particularly ugly one.
Yes, it was "greed" that drove the crooks to dodge, break, and change the law. And it was probably greed that caused Bush and the "Goldman Sachs" crew to give the financial services industry the all-clear; they wouldn't even have to worry about SEC action anymore.
If anything, Social Security has been too successful, and you're characterization of it is just plain strange.
Is there anything that will shake your faith? Your libertarian utopia has never existed. All you have is belief.