Re: An Open Letter On Software Patents and EU Election (fwd)

Edward Welbourne wrote:


> Likewise, LibDem MPs being
> anti-swpat is all very well, but it's the MEPs who're in a position to
> do something about it (and, by all accounts, they've been voting with
> their euro-bloc rather than following the LibDem party line).

Actually, they don't have that excuse.

The Liberal euro-bloc split almost exactly down the middle, half going 
the full anti-swpat route, the other half (including the entire 30% that 
are the from the UK) voting against almost all of the anti-swpat clauses.


> So please, dear peers, bear in mind more of their manifestos than just
> the swpat / IP / digital rights issues; but don't be put off by policies
> that MEPs have no say in !
> 

One of the more interesting moments from Friday:

Chris Lightfoot to Andrew Duff:

CL: Why are you supporting the European Arrest Warrant ?
AD: I didn't know we were supporting it ?
CL: It's on page 2 of your manifesto.
AD: Is it ?  Oh.

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