On Sun, 2003-08-31 at 15:44, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > On Sunday 31 August 2003 04:11 pm, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > > <snip> > > > > What exactly is going on with the European Union? Are they > > going to shut mplayer down or what? Who's trying to stop > > them, if anybody? > > > > Damn, I cannot lose mplayer. > > > > > > LX > > </snip> > > Lyvim, tomorrow the European Parliament is about to vote on the > issue of software patents. If this proposition goes through, and > it is accepted by the Commission (which has the real power), the > situation here in Europe will be pretty much the same as in the > U.S. : everybody - well, mainly big corporations - can patent > everything, thus reducing the market for small and midsize > companies. A paradise for lawyers. As I said recently : We > Europeans will stop working and make our living from litigation. > > Many people tries to stop them : petitions, demonstrations, > protests from scientists are all over the place, but without > much hope. Money rules. > > We live in dark times, Lyvim. > > Kaj Haulrich.
What about representative government? Haven't they heard about people that vote? Is anybody demonstrating or raising a ruckus as of right now, outside their doors? There's got to be something that can be done, surely. (?) LX -- ����������������������������������������������� Linux Mandrake 9.1 Kernel 2.4.21-0.13mdk *Catch Star Trek Enterprise, Wednesdays on UPN* ������������������������������������������������
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