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#asP: Reactions to EP Vote

#Wai: Similar statements were uttered previously by Arlene McCarthy and later by several patent attorneys, some in names of organisations.

#ewo: Bolkestein's warning to MEPs

#egi: For attending the meeting, please send mail to %(MT).

#apt: In this atmosphere of fear, uncertainty and distrust (FUD) launched against the European Parliament, both %(pa:Mr Aigrain) and Mr Lang are expected to strenghten the position of the Parliament in European legislation.

#WaW: On 10 Nov, software patents are possibly on the agenda for a meeting of governmental patent experts from EU member states in the %(ec:European Council).  The software patent owner lobby and EU Internal Market Commissioner Frits Bolkestein are now counting on the Council, whose %(q:patent policy working party) has proven in the past to be very responsive to patent owner wishes.  Bolkestein and his supporters have predicted that the Council will withdraw the directive or, if that fails, give in to anticipated US pressure.  The day before the vote %(fb:Bolkestein) warned MEPs that they would ruin their chances of democratic participation if they voted as they did last wednesday.  The %(us:US) and %(uk:UK) governments sent warnings of similar content to MEPs earlier this month.

#FmS: The %(ep:Petition for a Software Patent Free Europe) and the %(sp:Scientists' Petition) are being presented on Tue 30 Sept 2003 at 6 pm in the Petition Committee in the European Parliament Room A3G2, Spinelli Building (ASP) at Brussels by %(BL) and Philippe Aigrain.

#descr: Last Wednesday the Parliament voted against software patents and for freedom of publication, freedom of interoperation and other basic values of the information society, thereby reversing the thrust of a directive proposal from the European Commission, so as to basically satisfy the demands of a quarter million signatories of the %(q:Eurolinux Petition for a Software Patent Free Europe) and 30 eminent computer scientists.  The initiators of both petitions will speak before the European Parliament's Petition Committee on tuesday 18.00 to express their thanks and explore with MEPs what still needs to be done.

#title: Petition Initiators Thank the European Parliament

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