Re: [Patents] IDG: Open source lobby struggles in EU patent debate

[Hartmut Pilch <phm@a2e.de>]

> By Paul Meller IDG News Service, Brussels Bureau
> http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/7D507696B25B253848256D210021B08B?OpenDocument

> BRUSSELS - Supporters of open source and free software saw an
> extravagant lobbying exercise against a planned European Union law
> on software patents backfire on them on Thursday.

> She also said she will discard extreme amendments submitted by Green
> MEPs. "I won't accept amendments that exclude patentability per se,"

Why does Meller use McCarthy style wording as his own, without quotes?

The "extreme amendments" were submitted not only by green MEPs but also by
people from PSE, and their "extremism" consists in defending the current
law.

Meller also claims that McCarthy's directive proposes "much more
restricted patentability than in the US" etc.  He uses McCarthy's
propaganda as his own, while everything which critics say is subjected to
a lot of quoting and doubting.

The same applies to the claim that we somehow offended McCarthy. She, like
others, received a letter about the Dorint conference very late, but she
knew about it early enough and it was clear that these conferences were
public and she was welcome to attend.

Thanks for posting the article.

It is clear that this one is the source for the Computerwoche article
which you find at

        http://swpat.ffii.org/events/2002/europarl/05/contrib/amccarthy/

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