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"By voting this lunchtime to reject the Council’s common position, I wanted to express a clear rejection of all forms of patentability of software. Conversely, I considered that software programs, as a product of the human intellect, were adequately protected by copyright.
Also, and above all, I voted for the supremacy of politics over technical considerations, in order to revive the spirit of Lisbon.
As a liberal and fierce defender of the values of entrepreneurial freedom and healthy and fair economic competition, I could not accept a text that was ‘tailor-made’ for certain major companies, already enjoying a virtual monopoly in their respective sectors. A proposed directive which over time was intended to nip in the bud the creative spirit of young software developers and the independence of numerous European SMEs and micro-enterprises.
A text which, let us not mince words, had little to do with the socially aware Europe to which we all aspire.
Over the two years of this debate, I have not met a single computer expert, university researcher, ordinary user or boss of an SME software producer who had a good word to say in favour of this directive. This can be no mere coincidence."@en1
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