Well, I wouldn't say that the decision is going to go just as some would have it. There is the problem of potential dissention from member states. It would seem most importantly, the prickly British State!-)
Take a look at the independent consultation run in the UK and its very different conclusions (I would go so far as to say much more sensible). If harmonisation were to be called for, Britain could create a stushio about it and kill it yet.
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In Europe, people opposed to software patents will be active in working to change the Hague treaty; for more information, see http://www.noepatents.org/hague. In the U.S., the Consumer Project for Technology is taking the lead; for more information, see http://www.cptech.org/ecom/jurisdiction/hague.html .
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For those in the States, the cptech link has information on who to contact.
This comment seems to capture much of the problem here. The man is doing a good job. There has not been, as far as the article reports, any outcry as to how the Australian Internet Universe is imploding due to the ineffective management of this sole enforcer of domain name morality and ethics. Therefore, one of two things must have happened:
1) Some civil servant was so bored with life that he determined he must take something which was working and fix it, or, more likely,
2) There are political forces which for their own reasons want to wrest control from this man.
If 1, send civil servant to Falklands to continue research into whether Harrier Jump Jets cause penguins to fall over.
Else if 2, question agenda of political forces.
Whether one agrees with that agenda or not, the real point is to recognise the real motivation here.
Slashdot Mirror
Take a look at the independent consultation run in the UK and its very different conclusions (I would go so far as to say much more sensible). If harmonisation were to be called for, Britain could create a stushio about it and kill it yet.
http://www.patent.gov.uk/about/consultations/concl usions.htm
Umm, didn't he?
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In Europe, people opposed to software patents will be active in working to change the Hague treaty; for more information, see http://www.noepatents.org/hague. In the U.S., the Consumer Project for Technology is taking the lead; for more information, see http://www.cptech.org/ecom/jurisdiction/hague.htm
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For those in the States, the cptech link has information on who to contact.
Regards,
SeanSkye
This comment seems to capture much of the problem here. The man is doing a good job. There has not been, as far as the article reports, any outcry as to how the Australian Internet Universe is imploding due to the ineffective management of this sole enforcer of domain name morality and ethics. Therefore, one of two things must have happened:
1) Some civil servant was so bored with life that he determined he must take something which was working and fix it, or, more likely,
2) There are political forces which for their own reasons want to wrest control from this man.
If 1, send civil servant to Falklands to continue research into whether Harrier Jump Jets cause penguins to fall over.
Else if 2, question agenda of political forces.
Whether one agrees with that agenda or not, the real point is to recognise the real motivation here.
Regards,
SeanSkye