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#she: Arlene McCarthy's favorite software SME, mentioned in her text and in various speeches in the European Parliament, apparently the model of future European software business as promoted by McCarthy's directive proposal.

#fsW2: Some of the economists spoke at this conference

#fsW: Some of the economists spoke at this conference

#hce: Some of the economists are participating in this conference on thu-fri Aug 28-29

#WWe: letter to MEPs citing the economists' petition

#oWW: More Contacts to be supplied upon request

#xte: The text which sparked the economists' criticism: Arlene McCarthy's exposure of the aims of the directive.

#est: PDF version, lists more signatories:

#dokurl: Permanent URL of this Press Release

#ffii: About the FFII

#eurolinux: About the Eurolinux Alliance

#media: Media Contacts

#agu: Details

#descr: On September 1st, the plenary of the European Parliament will decide about a law proposal which would establish software patents in Europe.  A group of economists from Europe and US specialising in patent questions have published a letter to members of the European Parliament calling them to reject the proposal, accompanied by an analytical paper which casts severe doubts on the reasoning behind the directive and on the methods employed by its proponents.

#title: Economists Slam McCarthy Software Patent Directive Proposal

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