Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-09-24-Speech-3-102"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-09-24"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Vote2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030924.2.3-102"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-09-24-Speech-3-3332
lpv:speaker	lp:Konstantinos Alyssandrakis2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 member; EUL/NGL (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Kommounistiko Komma Elladas (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Hungary Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3
lpv:translated text	". The directive we are examining today allows every type of software to be patented. The aim is obvious: to strengthen and consolidate the economic/political centres of control and the monopoly of information and information processing by the multinational companies active in the software centre. The result is easy to foresee: small and medium-sized enterprises and independent programmers will be throttled. Adopting it signals the acceptance of the demands of the widespread ‘patent industry’ in the USA, will discourage research and development and will result in a huge waste of resources on legal protection proceedings which could have been invested in technological innovation. The procedure for safeguarding software patents will have painful consequences for consumers/end users, who will be called on to pay the increased profits of the monopolies while, at the same time, their options will be limited, as will the facility to use improved software. It is for these reasons that we members of the Communist Party of Greece voted against the directive and the corresponding report by the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market and we stand by those demanding free and open software."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"de jure"1

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