Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ____/ [H]omer on Sunday 27 January 2008 20:46 : \____
>
>> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>>
>>> Patents on Computer-Implemented Inventions: UK Courts Inching Towards
>>> EPO Positions?
>>
>> Well it finally happened.
>>
>> Time for everyone to move their base of operations out of the UK (and
>> EU) now, as well as the US. Where will they go ... Antigua?
>
> Pirate Bay? Though shall not write your own software.
>
My feeling is that this is quite stoppable, so long as we fight this
publicly, visibly and show where the law is now and why. I was
unsurprised to note that Firefox takeup in the UK is reported to be as
low as 17%, whereas across many EU countries of similar size, its > 40%.
This shows how wedded to the status quo many people have become.
Beating this is definitely within reach, so long as we do *not* give up.
I strongly suggest it's time to be informing MPs and EMPs about now.
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