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The citizens don't count?
the vast majority of proprietary software companies in the EU want it. (You know, the folks actually paying the bills/taxes.)

Seems it makes no difference if the economies of the member states would benefit, it's the interests of a relatively small and vocal group that counts? You may be right; I don't have a clue about politics.

But it just may be that the EU might join in a deliberate consideration whether software patents increase or impede innovation and employment. The US FTC has recently gone through a panel study on competitiveness and innovation, and there was anything but concensus that the "patent thicket" encourages companies to concentrate research resources. The emphasis seems not to be on research, as with the traditional arts, but rather on "defensive patenting."

Software patents have had 20 years to prove themselves and have not done so. Any attempt to shrug concerns away is disengenious.
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EU patent legislation should be dropped altogether.  systemcleaner | 12/08/04
Considering...  rapson | 12/08/04
Only if..  Patrick Jones | 12/08/04
Not quite.  systemcleaner | 12/08/04
Unsupported assertion  vferrara | 12/08/04
Can you be sure what Microsoft will do?  systemcleaner | 12/08/04
Can you be sure what God will do tomorrow?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/08/04
Easy but unwise comparison.  systemcleaner | 12/08/04
You mean...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/08/04
Now hold on there!!!!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/08/04
Be definition patents give you the monopoly  voska | 12/08/04
Hog wash...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/08/04
Yes, good point about slavery and objectivity here...  Root User | 12/08/04
I'll show you why you are wrong.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/08/04
Root User, please come back for my appology.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/08/04
No apologizies needed, I didn't take offense.  Root User | 12/08/04
Are you daft?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/08/04
Lawsuits are not needed..  Patrick Jones | 12/08/04
Don't need a patent to make threats.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/08/04
But ...  systemcleaner | 12/08/04
I think it is likely that it will be dropped ...  George Mitchell | 12/08/04
Naw, just a stall until the dust settles.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/08/04
They don't pay taxes  voska | 12/08/04
And who's fault is that?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/08/04
Typical Microsoft lies.  systemcleaner | 12/08/04
Typical Zealot rant...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/08/04
The citizens don't count?  IT_User | 12/08/04
Typo?  George Mitchell | 12/09/04
The competitiveness council of the European Union  Squawkbox | 12/08/04
You might do well to get an idea of what it is  Squawkbox | 12/08/04
The Competitiveness Council of the U.S. FTC  IT_User | 12/08/04

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