software patents in the EU

[waider]

I think it's great that Poland keeps blocking moves to rubber-stamp the EU Software Patent Directive, but I want to know what the hell it's doing in front of the Council of Agriculture and Fisheries in the first place. I've heard of "rider" bills, but this is ridiculous.

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The intricacies of the EU

[mopti]

Don't you know that agriculture runs the EU

Re: The intricacies of the EU

[waider]

I'd more or less assumed that it was indeed just a case of the available council as opposed to the bill specifically sitting in front of the Ag & Fisheries people, it's just weird that it's happened twice now (although not so weird if they meet monthly). The thing about this is that I don't know who's actually pushing it - aside from the obvious Big Media Fat Cats Cartel HUAHGUALAHGLAGHAUGHAL - because as best I can understand the coverage, it should never have even gotten this far due to the various parts of the EU that have rejected it or recommended against it or what not. At this point the proponents are saying that the whole democratic system is under threat, which strikes me as complete bollox - if there is a step required to proceed any further with this nonsense, the presence of that step is a part of the democratic system in question and suggesting that it's simply a rubberstamp is a far greater challenge to the system as a whole.

IMHO, of course.