EU Rejects Controversial Software Patents Proposal

daRk_heLmet · Jul 6, 2005, 04:32 PM

The European Parliament on Wednesday morning put the final nail in the coffin of the European Union's controversial IT patenting proposal, voting overwhelmingly to reject the proposed directive.

The Parliament voted 648 to 14 with 18 abstentions to reject the directive, which would have become EU law if approved in its current form. The European Commission, which originated the proposal, said it respected the Parliament's decision and said it would stand by its earlier promise not to put forward another proposal on the issue.
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germanjulian · Jul 6, 2005, 07:38 PM

HELLO>>>>>> DO YOU GUYS NOT CARE ABOUT THIS? EXELLENT NEWS!!!
yeah happy!!!!

StuRReaL · Jul 6, 2005, 08:11 PM

I'm over the moon personally

it means I can continue to develop my little piece of software without someone trying to steal the idea and patent it

woohoo.

But nice action EU. Wow thats the first time in my life i've ever said that.

Matth · Jul 7, 2005, 09:14 PM

The European commission respects nothing but their own fatcat salaries.

You can bet the question will be asked again, just like the threat of repeating the EU constitution referendum until they get the result they want, or saying "everyone else continue" when one no vote was supposed to kill it.

Shifty, slimy politicians of the worst kind!

Jul 6, 2005, 04:32 PM	#1
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Jul 6, 2005, 08:11 PM	#3
StuRReaL DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Derby UK Posts: 78 Rep Power: 0	I'm over the moon personally it means I can continue to develop my little piece of software without someone trying to steal the idea and patent it woohoo. But nice action EU. Wow thats the first time in my life i've ever said that. __________________ AMD Athlon64 X2 4200+ 1GB OCZ Platinum x2 74Gb WD Raptors RAID0 256mb Radeon X1300 Sapphire Pure Innovation M-Audio Revolution 7.1 Windows XP x64 Edition

Jul 7, 2005, 09:14 PM	#4
Matth Flash Banner Hater Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: UK Posts: 3,426 Rep Power: 93 System Specs	The European commission respects nothing but their own fatcat salaries. You can bet the question will be asked again, just like the threat of repeating the EU constitution referendum until they get the result they want, or saying "everyone else continue" when one no vote was supposed to kill it. Shifty, slimy politicians of the worst kind!