so, could i get a lift from hilversum?
ernst
> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: Pierre van Rooden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Verzonden: woensdag 12 mei 2004 11:53
> Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Onderwerp: Friday 14 May, 10:00: protest against the european patent
> laws
>
>
> As you all may have heard, through colleagues or the internet
> protests
> (including the protest page posted for a period at the
> mmbase.org site),
> the European Committee is making an attempt to push a new law
> that will
> allow claims for restrictive software patents in Europe.
> Allowing patents on software routines is certain to cripple
> the European
> IT market, hamper innovative development, and make business
> for many IT
> companies - large and small, non profit and commercial - near
> impossible.
> Thanks to protests throughout Europe, the plan, which would otherwise
> have been handled by bureaucrats, came to the political agenda. The
> European Parlement protested against the proposal and
> insisted that the
> Committee change it to disallow for such restrictive patents.
> Unfortunately, the Committee seems not inclined to listen to the only
> democractic organ in the European Union. Instead, no doubt under the
> influence of large American corporations, they want the Counsil of
> Ministers to recognize and set in motion the original plan
> dutring next
> weeks meeting, turning the already feeble European democracy
> into a sham.
>
> This friday, we plan to hold a protest meeting at the Ministry of
> Economic Affairs (Ministery van Economische Zaken) in The Hague. This
> could be but a small protest, butw e may also turnthis ina
> signmifcant
> one if we all attend.
> The protest is to commence at 10:00 in the morning. I implore
> you all to
> attend.
>
> More information on the demonstration can be found at:
> http://wiki.ael.be/index.php/DemoDenHaag
>
> See also:
> http://www.softwarepatenten.be/pers/p8
>
> --
> Pierre van Rooden
> Mediapark, C 107 tel. +31 (0)35 6772815
> "Never summon anything bigger than your head."
>
>
