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EU abandons plans to overhaul copyright levies

In a surprise move, the European Commission said Wednesday it is shelving plans to overhaul Europe’s rules on copyright fees, after intense lobbying from France and from groups representing artists and authors….
The Commission wanted to harmonize the rules and scrap levies on most hardware….The Commission’s climb down sparked an angry reaction from the companies [...]

Patent industry writes ICT task force report ”on behalf of small-to-medium” IT firms

Microsoft, BSA, SAP och… European Patent Office (EPO) var också med och skrev rapporten.
FFIIs kommentarer
(från ffii: )
Hintjens continues: ”I am astounded that the EPO, a patent administration body who blatantly lobby for the patent industry, can be allowed to participate in a so-called SME task force. It was a farce. This report is a mockery [...]

Novell/Microsoft Deal

är ju något att diskutera, kanske inte här men jag tänkte ge lite länkar för den som vill läsa lite om det. .. I ingen inbördes ordning.. tyvärr
Novell disputes claim by Microsoft on patents
Ballmer’s Comments Backfire
Microsoft’s illegal conduct in the patent agreement
Ballmer fears Linux
IBMs kommentarer.
Novells svar på endel av kritiken.
lite höjdpunkter från ett [...]

Swedish motions against patent autocracy

Sverige går på FFIIs linje när det gäller programvaru patent i europa. Det här inlägget hade iallafall jag missat.
läs mer på Digital Majority och lite relaterat om IPRED2.

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