On Sunday 31 August 2003 12:11, Lyvim Xaphir wrote:

> 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?

Many sites are doing 
this right now as a protest. On September 1st, the plenary of the 
European Parliament will decide about a law proposal which would 
establish software patents in Europe. A group of economists from Europe 
and US specialising in patent questions have published a letter to 
members of the European Parliament calling them to reject the proposal, 
accompanied by an analytical paper which casts severe doubts on the 
reasoning behind the directive and on the methods employed by its 
proponents.

Learn more here:
http://swpat.ffii.org/

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