Video: Justin Frankel on Software Patents; New EPO Propaganda Videos
Dr. Roy Schestowitz
2011-05-23 08:04:04 UTC
Modified: 2011-05-23 08:04:04 UTC
Summary: Big Think explains why software patents are bad and the European Patent Office grooms people who want new laws that would bring such patents into Europe
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Just as it recently did its propaganda with Vincent Van Quickenborne [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13], the EPO propaganda machine is latching onto Barnier, who is like Vincent Van Quickenborne when it comes to software patenting loopholes [1, 2, 3, 4]. Days ago it wrote:
Interview with EU-Commissioner Michel Barnier, right after the 2011 European Inventor Award ceremony. http://ow.ly/4Z7IZ
This links to their YouTube channel, which almost nobody subscribed to in 3 years. Apparently there is not much interest in EPO's agenda. The EPO just wants more and more patents, which are equivalent to more EPO business. ⬆
If the Web gets polluted or flooded by slopfarms such as these, and Slashdot then sends traffic so these slopfarms (Slashdot probably doesn't do this intentionally), then real writers with real knowledge of GNU/Linux will lose the spark for publishing
Those of us who actually want to reform the industry and put users in control of their systems/devices will recognise that "Open Source" was selling a lie or got-co-opted by liars
The commercial exploitation of users won't stop until users exercise full control over their software or - more broadly - their computing (including data)
