Hi,
ich leite das einfach mal unkommentiert weiter ... Grüße Bernd > > Dear Sir, > Dear Madam, > > The European Commission is currently researching the economic impact of > software patents. For quite obvious reasons, many patent attorneys and > IP lawyers who earn money through the patent system are currently lobbying > the European Commission in favor of a broad extension of the patent system > to software, business methods, intellectual methods, etc. > > Unless you express your own opinion, only their opinion will be taken into > account in the decision process, whatever the consequences on your business, > whatever the consequences on innovation. > > It is therefore very important and urgent, if you consider software patents > to be more harmful than useful, to send your opinion by email to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > as soon as possible and, in any case, before December 15th, 2000. You > can write in the official language of any member country of the European > Union. > > Your email will then be forwarded to the European Commission and published on > the EuroLinux Web in order to make sure that your point of view is taken into > consideration: > > http://petition.eurolinux.org/consultation > > There is currently a consensus among economists on the fact that software > patents tend to stifle innovation and harm small and medium enterprises > because they create tremendous juridical uncertainty which only benefits to > patent attorneys and lawyers. There is also a consensus among patent > attorneys on the fact that patents on business methods are just a kind of > software patents and that it is impossible to ban business method patents > once software patents become legal. > > Please write serious (but not necessarily long) emails, with a consistent > analysis based on economics, technology or real world examples from your > everyday practice. Here are a few advice for your email to reach maximal > impact > within the European Commission: > > 1- NO POLITICS - Do not include in your emails any political analysis. > Otherwise, certain civil servants at the European Commission will pretend that > you are politically biased and claim that your arguments are irrelevant. > > 2- FREE MARKET RHETORICS - Use rhetorics based on free market, > competition, innovation, entrepreneurship, SMEs and property, just as if you > were the chief of the federation of enterprises in your country. EuroLinux has > experienced that "free market economy" is currently the only common language > which most civil servants at the European Commission understand. In order to > let them understand your point of view and take it into account, it is > compulsory to speak their language. Arguments based on epistemology, ethics or > history are acceptable but have in general no positive impact on the European > Commission because only few people will understand them. > > 3- DAVOS COMPATIBLE - Imagine that you are introducing your point of > view at the Davos Economic Forum in front of CEOs who will only listen to you > if your arguments mean more profits to them. Incidentally, many Commissioners > at the European Commission used to be members of the steering committee of the > Davos Economic Forum. > > 4- CONSENSUS AMONG ECONOMISTS - Always mention that there is a > consensus among economists on the fact that software patents harm innovation. > > Please understand that our advice does not represent any political point of > view of the EuroLinux Alliance and is strictly designed at helping you to > present your arguments in such way that they are going to be taken into > account by the European Commission. > > For more information on software patents, please read our knowledge > database and follow the links: > > http://petition.eurolinux.org/consultation > http://petition.eurolinux.org/pr/pr5.html > > If you need inspiration to write your own statement, you may also access our > statements database where 100 European companies have already published > position statements: > > http://petition.eurolinux.org/statements > > Best regards, > > EuroLinux Alliance > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://petition.eurolinux.org --------------------------------------------------------- Um sich aus der Liste auszutragen schicken Sie bitte eine E-Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] die im Body "unsubscribe <deine_email_adresse>" enthaelt. Bei Problemen bitte eine Mail an: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------- 717 eingetragene Mitglieder in dieser Liste.
