[vertaling] Re: [Fwd: [ffii] Lehne, McCreevy, demonstrators with canoes]

Tue Jul 5 17:09:34 CEST 2005

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On Tuesday 05 July 2005 17:04, Wiebe van der Worp wrote:
> Samen met korte BE-NL-intro als het per omgaande mogelijk is, anders
> onvertaald de deur uit.
>
> jo de baer wrote:
> > What with Belgium? Is this press release already sent out?
> >
> > On Tuesday 05 July 2005 16:34, Wiebe van der Worp wrote:
> >>Sorry voor x-post. Vertalen we dit of gaat hij zo de deur uit?
> >>
> >>-------- Original Message --------
> >>Subject: [ffii] Lehne, McCreevy, demonstrators with canoes
> >>Date: 05 Jul 2005 15:42:03 +0200
> >>From: PILCH Hartmut <phm at a2e.de>
> >>To: news at ffii.org
> >>
> >>PRESS RELEASE FFII -- [ Europe / economy / law ]
> >>
> >>=========================================================================
> >>== ===== Patent lobby MEPs calling for rejection of the directive
> >>=========================================================================
> >>== =====
> >>
> >>Brussels, 5 July 2005 - At a press conference this morning at 9:00,
> >>the coordinator of the European People's Party group in the Legal
> >>Affairs Committee explained that he is putting together a majority of
> >>MEPs who will vote for a rejection of the Council's "Common Position"
> >>right at the beginning of tomorrow's vote, even before any amendments
> >>are voted on.  Lehne also explained that there is no longer a majority
> >>in the Council for the "Common Position".
> >>
> >>The announcement comes at a time where similar calls have been
> >>launched by the large companies with big patent departments and big
> >>lobbying budgets who have, during the last months, been the main
> >>supporters in Lehne's campaign in favor of the "Common Position".
> >>
> >>Other patent lobby MEPs, such as the Liberal group's legal affairs
> >>spokesman Toine Manders from the Netherlands, have also started to
> >>call for rejection of the Directive.
> >>
> >>Manders explains his motives as follows: "A chaos is threatening
> >>... in Strasbourg. Because of the large number of amendments, the
> >>directive could shoot in all kinds of directions like a firecracker
> >>and we want to prevent this."
> >>
> >>Lehne called for withdrawal of the directive already in February,
> >>giving as a reason that the Parliament was unlikely to agree to a
> >>favorable (pro-patent) directive at this stage.
> >>
> >>The move by Manders and Lehne is coming at a time where a majority of
> >>367 votes for 21 cross-party amendments is in sight.  These amendments
> >>have garnered support from large groups of MEPs in the camp of Lehne
> >>and Manders, alongside with nearly total support among all other
> >>parties.
> >>
> >>The Parliament now still has the chance to vote for a coherent
> >>counter-position to the Council and Commission.  CEA-PME (including
> >>FFII) has called on MEPs to vote for the 21 cross-party amendments, so
> >>as to form a coherent counter-position, and to reject only if these
> >>amendments fail to receive the needed support by 367 votes.  If the
> >>Parliament succedes in forming a coherent counter-position, the
> >>Council or the Commission are still free to withdraw the directive.
> >>Commissioner McCreevy has today once more demonstrated that he is more
> >>than willing to do this.
> >>
> >>======================================================================
> >>100 Demonstrators, canoe race, Buzek-Rocard-Duff placards
> >>======================================================================
> >>
> >>It is 7:00am this Tuesday July 5 when the first bus unload their
> >>travellers in front of the European Parliament of Strasbourg. They
> >>came from whole Europe, coordinated by FFII.  Some travelled all night
> >>from Poland to be there in time in front of the entry where MEPs come
> >>by between 8:00am till 10:00am with 10h to be seen with their yellow
> >>t-shirts marked "no software patents" and "power to the parliament".
> >>
> >>The large banners are deployed with haste right just before the
> >>arrival of the first members of Parliament
> >>(http://gallery.ffii.org/Strasbourg050705)
> >>
> >>Because it is the day before of the great day: today the debate takes
> >>place, and tomorrow will be the vote.
> >>
> >>The same day at 8:00, the FFII invited members of Parliament with a
> >>breakfast of work on the question of what still could be done before
> >>the vote.
> >>
> >>The pro-patent campaigners of "Campaign for Creativity" chose to be
> >>present on water, the Parliament being surrounded of visible channels
> >>since the buildings; they chartered a small yacht which carried a
> >>large yellow and blue banner (as usual, copycatting the FFII
> >>symbols). The FFII side reacted by bringing a half-dozen kayaks on to
> >>the water with banners calling for a "vote for Buzek-Rocard-Duff"
> >>between two blows of paddle.
> >>
> >>On the footbridge which hangs over the channel and connects the two
> >>wings of the building, MEPs laugh. Somebody exclaims: "this seems to
> >>prove that creativity is rather on their side"!
> >>
> >>======================================================================
> >>False Press Agency Reports about the Demonstration
> >>======================================================================
> >>
> >>Meanwhile the press agency AP has been reporting about protesters who
> >>
> >>*
> >>http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8B569SO0.htm?campaign_id=ap
> >>n_ home_down
> >>
> >>"stopped cars of MEPs" and brandished slogans saying "US patents go
> >>out".  We wonder who these protesters were.  As we saw it, the
> >>atmosphere between the MEPs and us was friendly, the slogans were
> >>markedly peaceful.  AP also reports that the proposed law is not about
> >>software as such but only "CAT scanners", "car brake systems" etc, not
> >>about office software and business methods.  The opposite is of course
> >>true.  Intel has meanwhile correctly noted in a paper distributed to
> >>MEPs that "computer-implemented inventions" do *not* include anything
> >>beyond pure software, whereas "computer-aided inventions" include
> >>"thousands of devices that were out of the scope of the directive".
> >>For this reason, Intel *opposes* the proposal of Buzek-Rocard-Duff to
> >>rename "implemented" to "aided".
> >>
> >>We may suggest that both assertions of this press agecies about the
> >>demonstration are about equally credible.  This type of false
> >>reporting by press agencies has accompanied the directive project at
> >>all its decisive junctures during the last few years.
> >>
> >>======================================================================
> >>Background information and further news
> >>======================================================================
> >>
> >>* Transcriptions of today's speeches
> >>   http://wiki.ffii.org/ParlTranscript050704En
> >>
> >>* FFII Voting List
> >>   http://wiki.ffii.org/PlenVotingList0507En
> >>   A more nicely commented version is being worked on.
> >>
> >>* EUpolitix.com: Commissioner McCreevy accuses European SMEs of
> >>   "anti-globalisation, anti-Americanism, anti-big business protests
> >> ...", repeats threats to withdraw the directive if it fails to impose
> >> the current practise of the European Patent Office.
> >>
> >>http://www.eupolitix.com/EN/News/200507/5d049d10-690a-4977-b116-4295c1a42
> >>93 7.htm
> >>
> >>* Current practise of the European Patent Office
> >>   http://swpat.ffii.org/patents/
> >>   http://swpat.ffii.org/papers/eubsa-swpat0202/tech/
> >>
> >>* Trilateral Project of 2000
> >>   http://swpat.ffii.org/players/useujp/
> >>
> >>* Lehne law office partner admits: directive intended to impose
> >>   US-style software patents
> >>   http://wiki.ffii.org/Stoat050704En
> >>
> >>* SAP user association against software patents
> >>   (meanwhile a SAP developper Prof. Bernd Runge said on the radio that
> >>patents
> >>    are helping criminal elements to prey on SAP and SAP needs
> >>    protection from patents rather than by patents)
> >>   http:Sapinfo050705En
> >>
> >>* 2005-07-02 Toine Manders fears anti-patent vote and seeks rejection
> >>   http://wiki.ffii.org/Manders050702En
> >>
> >>* 2005-02-03 Lehne fears anti-patent sentiment and seeks withdrawal
> >>
> >>http://www.epp-ed.org/Press/showpr.asp?PRControlDocTypeID=1&PRControlID=3
> >>29 5&PRContentID=6225LG=en
> >>
> >>* 2005-07-01 2 large german associations turn from pro to against
> >>software patents
> >>   http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/61326]
> >>
> >>* 2005-06-28 German Entrepreneurs accuse Lehne, Wuermeling et al of
> >>   fraudulent statements, of conflicts of interst, ask CDU to show
> >>   clearly where they stand, complain of being ignored by pro-patent
> >>   MEPs, who instead make claims about phantom SMEs wanting software
> >>   patents.  In his speech today Lehne denied the charges.
> >>   http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/61161
> >>   http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/60988
> >>   http://www.patentfrei.de/
> >>   http://wiki.ffii.org/KlausHeinerLehneEn
> >>
> >>* Stay tuned to our news ticker
> >>   http://wiki.ffii.org/SwpatcninoEn
> >>
> >>======================================================================
> >>Contact information
> >>======================================================================
> >>
> >>Hartmut Pilch and Holger Blasum (Munich Office)
> >>info at ffii org
> >>tel. +49-89-18979927
> >>
> >>Erik Josefsson (Brussels Office)
> >>erjos at ffii org
> >>tel. +32-484-082063
> >>
> >>Jonas Maebe
> >>FFII BE
> >>jmaebe at ffii org
> >>tel. +32-485-369645
> >>
> >>Rufus Pollock
> >>FFII UK
> >>rufus.pollock at ffii.org.uk
> >>+44-1223-690423
> >>
> >>Gérald Sédrati-Dinet
> >>Vice President FFII
> >>gibus at ffii.fr
> >>+33-6-60-56-36-45
> >>
> >>
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