Re: [Patents] Re: [Free-sklyarov-uk] Patents vote: Green/SNP press release

[Rui Miguel Seabra <rms@1407.org>]

On Wed, 2003-06-18 at 11:34, xdrudis@tinet.org wrote:
> I don't think Hartmut "bag of gold coins in front of their noses"
> is fortunate.

Erm, I said that and not Hartmut. And it was a reference to the street
play :)

> MEPs are not that corrupt. It's simply they don't 
> have time to read/analyse/think about all the issues they must vote. 

I was talking about JURI which is a very small number of MEPs in
comparison. And particularly of those that ar the driving force behind
this directive proposal.

> I'd say it is much more cheaper to buy laws by simply 
> spending on lots of experienced, professional, well equipped and 
> structured people to spend time on contacting MEPs.

Yes. But right now we've had our efforts and arguments utterly ignored
in JURI


> Having half a dozen people talking to 50 MEPs in their spare time
> is a recipe for having to present quick answers that will not be 
> as convincing as the other side's, no matter how true, honest and 
> precise they are. 

> The usual solution is putting 1 million people in the street, which
> I don't see feasible, who knows. But anyway, we badly need better press 
> realautions. (note: I'm told journalist are in similar bounded resources
> for analysis, so it isn't easy either). 

This is why we probably need a paper petition. Lots of people signed the
electronic petition. Imagine if they signed a paper petition?

> So what we basically should do is find lots of people and a way 
> to coordinate them, make them effective. I don't know any such 
> way, but if we ever get to that, we'll have "free politics", just
> as now we have "free software".  

That would be awesome!

> But people say JURI is not representative of the whole EP. We can still 
> win in plenary. If we try.

That's where my hope is right now :)

Hugs, Rui

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