[Linuxtrent] Direttiva Europea sui Brevetti Software!!!
- From: Emanuele Olivetti <olivetti@xxxxxx>
- To: linuxtrent <linuxtrent@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:11:30 +0000
Il parlamento europeo sta per concludere la ratifica della direttiva
sui brevetti software, DIRETTAMENTE DETTATA DALLA BSA [1]:
http://swpat.ffii.org/papers/eubsa-swpat0202/index.en.html
La storia completa inizia qui:
http://swpat.ffii.org/news/index.en.html
Ovvimente si vuole abbracciare interamente il modello statunitense
dei brevetti sul software, che ha creato le assurde situazioni che
ben tutti conosciamo [2].
L'Eurolinux Alliance , che tanto si sta battendo per fermare questo
scempio (supportata non solo dai linuxisti, ma da auterevoli studi
ecomnomici di settore e centinaia di aziende del settore IT) oltre
a cercare firme per la loro petizione (ne ha gia' raccolte *140.000*)
ti chiede di "telefonare" direttamente ai Membri del Parlamento Europeo
(MEP) e di scrivergli e-mail per rendere chiara la tua posizione.
Il sistema che hanno creato e' ben fatto: puoi consultare gli elenchi di
europarlamentari con tanto di motore di ricerca (anche per nazione)
e avere una scheda DETTAGLIATA di ognuno di loro, con tanto di numeri
di telefono, e-mail , indirizzi ecc.
Registrandoti puoi utilizzare il loro sistema che ti consente inoltre
di lasciare brevi note a loro dell'attivita' (telefonate. email ecc.)
che hai fatto e del loro esito.
Se ritieni che la questione sia importante, segui le istruzioni/informazioni
dell'e-mail che riporto qui di seguito e fai sentire la tua voce.
Fate circolare il messaggio dove lo ritenete opportuno.
Emanuele
[1]: per chi se lo fosse dimenticato, la Business Software Alliance
e' l'associazione dei big di mercato del software (Micro$oft IN TESTA)
che fa pressioni ovunque per avere leggi a loro favore. Ricordate
la faccenda della pubblicita' ingannevole che girava su tutte le TV
italiane ? (http://www.apogeonline.com/openpress/articoli/art_78.html
oppure: http://punto-informatico.it/p.asp?i=34323)
[2]: gli uffici europei dei brevetti hanno gia' rilasciato simili brevetti
sul software, che allo stato attuale (ancora per poco) sono pienamente
contestabili. Se vuoi vedere qualche assurdo esempio:
http://swpat.ffii.org/patents/samples/index.en.html
http://swpat.ffii.org/patents/index.en.html
----- Forwarded message from phm@xxxxxxxx -----
Date: 17 Apr 2003 20:54:40 -0000
From: phm@xxxxxxxx
Subject: Europarl Hearing on Software Patents
Dear Eurolinux Petition Supporter,
Thank you for signing our
Petition for a Software Patent Free Europe
http://petition.eurolinux.org/
a while ago, and for allowing us to inform you about upcoming actions.[1]
We now need your participation again.
The European Parliament is likely to ratify a Software Patent Directive,
possibly with helpful amendments, in May. Detailed news are found at
http://swpat.ffii.org/news/index.en.html
Your participation can have a decisive influence.
Here are a few things to do:
(1) Sign our Amendment Proposals by clicking
http://petition.ffii.org/eubsa/en
or, if you already have a user ID, by logging in at
http://petition.ffii.org/
and then navigating through "Signing Appeals".
(2) Now you are logged into a system which makes it easy to
select and contact Members of the European Parliament (MEPs)
Click
==> My MEPs
==> I would rather select an MEP myself
==> [ selection criteria ]
==> [ 1 MEP ]
(3) Directly phone your MEP, express your concern about the
"Software Patent Directive Project", find out who in this MEP's
office is studying the matter, how they think and whom they
follow, and inform us by leaving a "Confidential Note".
It is very important that MEPs hear *your* voice directly
and not just the voices of a few "Eurolinux lobbyists".
(4) Write to the person with whom you just phoned.
Consider backing up your letter by a page on your website.
Keep it simple, but feel free to ask for our assistance in formulating.
In any case, send us copies/pointers.
(5) The Green and Liberal Fractions of the European Parliament are calling
on representatives of Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) to speak at a
hearing on May 8th about the Software Patent Directive Project. There
will also be a demonstration with theatre and speeches in front of the
parliament building.
Please consider speaking at the hearing, if you can speak for a
company. Companies from Eastern Europe (future member countries) are
also (and even particularly) welcome.
If you are knowledgable about a particular aspect or area within
software patents, you may want to speak at the scientific conference
which surrounds the hearing. For an update on what kind of patents
are to be legalised in Europe by the proposed directive, you may want
to browse
http://swpat.ffii.org/patents/txt/ep/
http://www.espacenet.com/
Information about the event schedule is being published at
http://swpat.ffii.org/events/2003/europarl/05/
and you can register as a participant through the petition.ffii.org
web forms. If you would like to speak at the event, please contact
me directly.
(6) Donate for our lobbying expenses. We are spending at least
30,000 EUR on top of a lot of unpaid voluntary work, and we will not
be able to pay all our bills unless you come forward with donations.
The bank account for a donation is
Country: DE (Germany)
Bank Code 70150000
BIC (bank identifier code): SSKMDEMM
SWIFT: SSKM DE MM
Name of Bank: Stadtsparkasse Muenchen
Bank's Postal Address: DE 80335 Muenchen / Lotstr 1
Account: 31112097
IBAN (international bank account number)[2]: DE78701500000031112097
Account Owner: FFII e.V.,
Account Owner's Postal Address: DE 80636 Muenchen / Blutenburgstr 17
Keyword: europarl
FFII is acknowledged as a public-interest association and we will send
you a receipt that at least in Germany makes the donation tax-deductible.
It would be great if you could get started with at least one of the
above items right now.
For brevity, we are writing in English only this time, but we will try to
answer your questions or replies in the language of your choice.
Yours sincerely
Mit freundlichen Gruessen
Amicalement
kore, adios, ciao, groeten, na schledanou, saygilar, geia xara ...
--
Hartmut Pilch, FFII & Eurolinux Alliance tel. +49-89-12789608
Protecting Innovation against Patent Inflation http://swpat.ffii.org/
140,000 signatures against software patents http://noepatents.org/
[1] If someone abused your email address or for some other reason you do not
want to be a signatory of our petition, please say so clearly and we
will remove your signature. Note that as long as you are a signatory and
the reasons for this petition continue to exist, you may occasionally
(not more than 1x/month) receive short mails such as this one, which are
strictly limited to helping you achieve the aims which you have endorsed.
[2] We are told that, using the IBAN, money can now be transferred between
european countries for the domestic fee, thanks to a recent EU internal
market harmonisation directive which can be enforced against banks.
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