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FFII.se stödjer INTE Piratbyråns krav | ||||
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Den åsikten delas inte av FFII.se, trots att FFII har som mål och syfte att arbeta mot mjukvarupatent. Förvånad, förvirrad eller förbannad? Läs Varför säger ni så här? också i så fall. | |||||
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FFII.se bildat | ||||
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Bodström lyssnar inte | ||||
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Svenska röster om mjukvarupatent | ||||
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EFF satsar på att stoppa patent | ||||
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Bildspel från demonstrationen i Bryssel | ||||
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...och så här såg det ut i Bryssel på demonstrationen, presskonferensen, och de två konferensdagarna i Europaparlamentet. Klicka på "Bildspel", öppna en Jolt-cola, och luta dig tillbaka :-) Bland konferensdeltagarna märktes Alan Cox, som ju har engagerat sig i kampen mot mjukvarupatenten bland annat genom att tillsammans med Linus skriva ett öppet brev till Europaparlamentets ledamöter inför omröstningen i september 2003. Samtliga bilder är fria för publicering, och är nerladdningsbara i full upplösning. | |||||
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Demonstration mot mjukvarupatent i Bryssel 14/4 | ||||
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Belgien följer upp med 10-i-topp | ||||
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EU-patentstopp! | ||||
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"Hemsnickrad linuxlobby missar tåget" | ||||
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Fabian Edlund försvarar mjukvarupatent | ||||
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Patenterbarhet oroar WM-data | ||||
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100 års skydd är tillräckligt | ||||
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Patentera film? | ||||
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Skall man kunna patentera film nu också? -Nejdå, ingen fara, än.... Christian Engström har dock skrivit ett underhållande inlägg i mjukvarupatentdebatten, där han så att säga vänder lite på steken och försöker reda ut när "som sådan" verkligen är "som sådan" och inte... ;-) Läs Christians Filmpatent, så kanske något i den europeiska "patentcirkusen" klarnar. En mycket läsvärd text, som med en gnutta humor reder ut hur knasigt man försöker tillåta mjukvarupatent smygvägen. Jag skriver "smygvägen" eftersom jag tror att det är just detta som Christian förklarar så bra som mindre datorkunniga politiker har lite svårt att förstå. Detta som Christian berör är i stora drag den "praxis" som en del vill slå fast i europeisk lag med förslaget om "dator-implementerade-uppfinningar". Det finns även en engelsk version av samma text (den engelska var den ursprungliga som skrevs först). | |||||
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International Herald Tribune i introduktion till mjukvarupatent | ||||
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All Encompassing Patents | ||||
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"Looks like another bogus lawsuit over an incredibly broad patent on something that already exists. StarChamber, an online strategy and collectible card game seems to be one of the infringing factors, along with a player ranking system on the site. The patent supposedly covers any sort of ranking system that indicates a player's proficiency in said game. This sort of practice is what deters would-be great games from making it into the gaming world." | |||||
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Replik till patentdirektörer | ||||
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Patentförespråkare i Dagens Industri | ||||
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Microsoft patenterar nytt dokumentformat | ||||
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FFII vs. Amazon Gift Ordering Patent | ||||
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"The Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure fights in court against Amazon.com's Gift ordering patent. It is about ordering gifts via email and phone communication. Amazon's gift ordering patent is seen as a danger for webdesigners and E-Commerce in Europe. It is derived from the well-known Amazon.com's 1-click patent. The flowers distributor Fleurop and Germany's Computer Acience Association "Gesellschaft fur Informatik" untertake similar legal action against Amazon's trivial patent. FFII's Hartmut Pilch said the fight against patents was not over. It is a cheap opportunity to get some exercise in patent litigation." | |||||
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Vad händer egentligen med patent? | ||||
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De jag som medlem i strategigruppen försöker påverka säger att det som görs är "bara" att slå fast de regler som redan gäller, och alltså ingen förändring. | |||||
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Perens on Patents | ||||
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"An interesting interview with Bruce Perens over at the BBC. He's up discussing the role of HP, IBM, et al and the move towards Linux. However, his main point is about software patents and how they are much more of a problem than SCO: 'We're looking at a future where only the very largest companies will be able to implement software, and it will technically be illegal for other people to do so.'" | |||||
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EPO svarar Kauppi | ||||
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Bodström för mjukvarupatent | ||||
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Bodström eftersträvar EPO-praxis, vilken bryter mot art 52 i EPC och definitivt inte upprätthåller någon kvalitet bland mjukvarupatent. Den amerikanska rättsutvecklingen är med andra ord i linje med den Bodström förutspråkar och den som Greenspan med flera nyligen kritiserat. SSLUG har varit i kontakt med frågeställaren, som bara vidarebefodrat frågan från okännd pro-mjukvarupatentkälla. I Computer Sweden jublar AWA-patent. För intresserade kommer Justitiedepartementet ha en sista hearing under februari, den sista inför beslutet i mars. Se även: ffii/swpat | |||||
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Pagrotsky vill ha One Click Shopping | ||||
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When Good Patents Go Bad | ||||
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"The Washington Post has a good review of patents in the information age. The insanity of the US patent system has been chronicled on this site numerous times in the past (for example, an FTC report on patent policy, some patents for obvious applications such as Microsoft patenting local weather, and Amazon patenting inside book searching). The Washington Post article does a good job of overviewing IP issues today, why the current US patent systems fails in the information age, and gives an example of patent extortion. Excuse me while I patent my DNA." | |||||
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Näthandel och patent | ||||
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Fru Vivendis immaterialrättsdirektiv | ||||
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Brottslingar blir vi allihopa | ||||
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Europeans Still Battling Software Patents | ||||
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"The FFII in the UK is issuing an alert for all supporters to write to their MPs -- this weekend . In September the European Parliament voted for strong restrictions on software patents. But these could be set aside at a meeting of the EU's Competitiveness Council of Ministers on 10 November. The ministers' meeting is to be "prepared" at a meeting of senior patent officials from across Europe even sooner: this Thursday 23 October. Unless they can be convinced otherwise before 10 November, it is believed that UK ministers will push for the Council to adopt a November 2002 draft text, which is even worse than the infamous McCarthy report. The European Parliament's rules for second reading make it very difficult for MEPs to fix a bad text from the Council. The FFII says it desperately need a lot of letters to go out to MPs this weekend to tell the Government how bad the November 2002 draft is. More information at FFII-UK." | |||||
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Så röstade parlamentarikerna | ||||
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Så här röstade svenska parlamentariker på patentdirektivet. Även våra grannar i sydväst (Danmark) har en liknande sammanställning. | |||||
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Det låter kanske odemokratiskt, men... | ||||
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Svenska röster om mjukvarupatent | ||||
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Patentlagstiftningen gick igenom | ||||
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EU Parliament Approves Software Patents | ||||
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"The voting has just ended. Few good
and several bad amendments were accepted. The directive proposal was
accepted: 361 for, 135 against, 28 abstentions. The precise numbers
and results for each amendment will be available on europarl.eu.int
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Inför mjukvarupatentomröstningen | ||||
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Kommissionär Frits BOLKENSTEIN bad att få lämna in en fullständig lista över ändringsförslag som kommissionen inte kunde godkänna och koncentrerade sitt inlägg till allmänna kommentarer. Två ändringsförslag bedömdes omöjliga att acceptera för kommissionen ändringsförslag 18 och 20. Däremot skulle den formulering som återfinns i ändringsförslag 76 kunna utgöra en godtagbar kompromiss. På ändringsförslagen med kommentarer hos FFII. | |||||
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European Parliament Clashes Over Software Patents | ||||
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"The European Parliament's Daily Notebook reports on the turbulent final plenary debate this morning regarding a draft Directive to legalize Software Patents (which are currently unlawful under Art.52 (2) (c) of the European Patent Convention). The Notebook quotes some truly bizarre views and arguments (which no doubt you'll take the time to point out to Members of the European Parliament before tomorrow's vote), with some MEPs even claiming to feel harassed because they are suddenly also being lobbied by numerous concerned citizens, rather than solely by industry representatives as usual." | |||||
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Linus Torvalds And Alan Cox Write EU Parliament On Patents | ||||
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"Linus Torvalds and Alan Cox have sent an open letter to the members of the European Parliament. They ask for strict limitations to software patents, argue for open standards and ask the members of the parliament to follow FFII's voting recommendations. Vote on the controversial software patents directive will be on Wednesday and it is expected to be a very close one. Well, do you believe these guys have any impact in Brussels?" | |||||
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Lobbying For Linux | ||||
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"Slashdot has heard a lot lately about why software patents are bad, and the passage of the legislation in the EU. But other than the online demo and a few pictures of the demonstration outside the European Parliament, Slashdotters hear little about the real behind-the-scenes lobbying. I've just put an article up on Newsforge describing and discussing my experiences lobbying inside the Parliament that might shed a little light on what we mortal geeks can do to save ourselves. There are some accompanying photos on my web site for those who like visual aids." | |||||
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Nidvisa om mjukvarupatent | ||||
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The Economist Contrasts American, European Patent Approaches | ||||
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"The Economist has summarised recent developents in software patents and contrasts the American and European approaches. 'The European Commission wants to avoid the American situation, in which case law drives authorities to issue computer-related patents all too easily, in particular for business methods and algorithms.'" | |||||
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Demonstration mot mjukvarupatent gav resultat | ||||
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Freedom of Speech in Software | ||||
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" I've been struggling with the question 'what's wrong with software patents' but haven't been able to find the right words. I was over at John Gilmore's website and found a link to John Salin's 'Freedom of Speech in Software' letter to the USPTO back in 1991! This is one of the best explanations I've seen. He reminds us that computer programs are essentially like literature or music -- they are expressions of ideas. Just because they run on a computer doesn't make them uniquely different from other creative mediums. We should think player piano (patentable) vs the music (copyrightable but not patentable) it plays. Europeans -- put this letter into the hands of your MEPs!" | |||||
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Omröstningen om mjukvarupatent senarelagd till september | ||||
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Detta ger oss mer tid att påverka våra
parlamentariker. Läs mer hos ffii.org. | |||||