On Mon, 2005-01-31 at 16:39, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > On Monday 31 January 2005 18:59, Paul wrote: > > On Mon, 2005-01-31 at 14:52, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > > Denmark is now ready to postpone the decision on software > > > patents in Europe. The battle between political parties up to > > > the upcoming elections Feb. 8. has brought this into some > > > focus. Today the Danish secretary of state, Mr. Per Stig > > > Moeller agreed to postpone the issue, and thus support Poland. > > > > > > The announcement is here (in Danish) : > > > http://politiken.dk/VisArtikel.iasp?PageID=357932 > > > > > > Kaj Haulrich. > > > > Good news, kaj. > > > > Was it Denmark that the commission decided were going to vote > > yes, stopping it from getting thrown out? > > > > If I recall, someone in government found out what was going on > > and started making a fuss. > > No, the way I see it our Sec.Trade (Mr. Bendt Bendtsen - > conservative) just voted "yes" in the Politburo, - err - Commission > out of sheer ignorance. Of course a politician doesn't know the > first thing about matters like this, so he just follows the big > guys. And his "advisers" i.e. the bureaucrats in the public > service know even less. > > Then, the Central Committee - err - the Parliament made some fuss, > and the matter went back to the Politburo. Here, Poland put in on > hold. Now, the software industry here finally woke up and started > a petition. And many Danes, including myself, wrote emails to the > various political parties warning them of losing voters in case > they lost their minds. > > Finally the matter came to attention through newspapers, online > magazines and TV. And the Sec.State (Mr. Moeller) is a lot > brighter than Mr. Bendtsen, so maybe there's hope after all ? > > Kaj Haulrich.
Thanks for the information, Kaj, and especially thanks for writing to the politicos. I used to be a member of Amnesty International, and one of their most successful campaign tools were sacks of letter pouring into some third-world country from all over the globe, about some poor sod who'd disappeared into (e.g.) Saddam Hussein's prisons. A tool that we could use. Which politician, after receiving 5 or 10, 000 mails regarding something he knew nothing about, wouldn't have a twinge of worry about his future? A techniuq
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