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NO Software Patents in Europe

By Maurice Ali, Journalist



udev.org wrote:
NO Software Patents in Europe
10 days of web strike Vs 20 years of patent nightmare

We are protesting against software patents in Europe.

Most software will become
illegal to use in Europe if this dangerous directive is adopted without proper amending.

The Commissionand the Council of Ministers are covertly pushing for unlimited patentability of software, heavily lobbied by multinationals and patent lawyers. They are ignoring the democratically voted decision of the European Parliament from 24 september 2003, which has the support of more than 300.000 citizens, 2.000.000 SMEs, dozens of economists and scientists.

Join us in a demonstration in the streets of Brussels on 14 april
2004.
Join this online protest by changing your homepage from 5 until 15 april.

Continue on our website



The above quote is part of the "global" on-line protest agains softwear patents. If wide spread, this patenting of softwear will curtain the speed at which innovators can get their creation on to the market. this will be a drag on technological development. The new patent laws would increase the rist and cost to innovators and open these same people to extortion from other companies and the like.

We at The Fortress only report the innovative way this protest is being conducted and leave it up to the viewer as to what action (if any) they wish to take upon viewing this material. We at The Fortress will also follow up on the April 14, 2004 protest in Brussels as we do with all our reports.




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