[Ecommerce] European Parliament delays vote on software patents

[James Love]

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From: "Nathan Cochrane" <ncochrane@theage.fairfax.com.au>
To: "Declan McCullagh \(E-mail\)" <declan@well.com>
Subject: EU Software Patent Vote Delayed
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 12:45:44 +1000

Hi Declan

This press release sent over the weekend by the Foundation for a Free
Information Infrastructure (FFII) seems to have forestalled the fear of 
many that small software makers would be at the mercy of larger companies.

European Parliament Rejects Attempt to Rush Vote on Software Patent
Directive
Brussels 2003/06/26

For immediate Release

The European Parliament has postponed the vote on the software patent
directive back to the original date of 1st of September, thereby 
rejecting initially successful efforts of its rapporteur Arlene McCarthy 
(UK Labour MEP of Manchester) and her supporters to rush to vote on June 
30th, a mere twelve days after publication of the highly controversial 
report and ten days after the unexpected change of schedule.

MORE:
http://bilskirnir.blogspot.com/2003_06_01_bilskirnir_archive.html#105694073781436722

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Nathan Cochrane
Deputy IT Editor
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