Re: [Patents] Re: Infoworld: EU headed for limited software patent law

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

There are IDG parrots in Portugal as well.

Today at http://jornal.publico.pt/2003/06/23/Computadores/TI02.html

We're trying to get in contact in order to make an "official reply"
since a door was opened to the possibility of "Right of Reply" by ANSOL
(they mentioned that the only opponents are Free Software and Open
Source advocates and... be surprised: the BSA since they claim it's not
wide enough *ouch*.

Rui

On Wed, 2003-06-18 at 19:43, Hartmut Pilch wrote:
> > Right, and Paul Meller knows it.
> >
> > Also, like last time, he misleads readers into confusing copyright and
> > patents and believing that this is about free vs proprietary.  And, while
> > he quotes lots of patent lobby people, he doesn't quote a single critical
> > voice.
> >
> > He can no longer say that he is not aware of
> >
> >     http://swpat.ffii.org/
> >
> > but he has chosen to suppress our voices.
> >
> > This case requires us to call IDG and complain about malpractise of a
> > journalist.  Could someone do that?
> 
> > Perhaps there are people at IDG who are concerned about the integrity and
> > reputation of their house.  Since the patent owners have a lot of money to
> > spend, the danger of corruption is great everywhere.  Even if Meller
> > didn't receive any money, it is gross negligence to do such lousy
> > reporting in such a constellation.
> 
> Note that IDG's german branche, Computerwoche, has already parrotted
> Meller's misinformation and even made it worse by claiming that Arlene
> McCarthy (earlier it was Bolkestein) is bravely heading for conflict with
> the USA and patent lawyers are protesting against her efforts to make
> methods like Amazon OneClick unpatentable.
> 
> This is clearly an orchestrated propaganda campaign.  From the start, the
> CEC/Indprop and McCarthy/Wuermeling have tried to sell their contents
> under our labelling, because they know that's what public opinion is
> asking for.  CEC/Indprop and friends came to JURI to involve Wuermeling
> and McCarthy in their scheme in May 2002.  They have since acted perfectly
> according to this scheme.  And evidently, some journalists are also in the
> boat.  Others may ride it due to laziness, but Meller definitely not.
> 
> By directly informing the other journalists and documenting this on the
> web, we may be able to build some kind of check on corruption.
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