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"Although the amendments approved have improved the content of the McCarthy report, the legislation represents a step backwards for the development of innovation, the spread of knowledge and free competition, all of which are essential to the good functioning and stimulation of the European software industry.
Furthermore, we believe that the legislative proposal benefits the large multinational corporations (in particular the United States ones, which have continued to apply pressure in order to introduce their abusive system of patents into Europe) and represents a retrograde step for independent workers and small companies, as well as an obstacle for free software. Once again, the will of more than 200 000 people (including the majority of experts in the field and consumers) is being ignored, and we can see that economic interest is taking precedence over support for the free use of knowledge and information. Since I am from a country, Catalonia, whose productive fabric depends on independent workers and small- and medium-sized businesses, I can only express my regret at the final result of the vote."@en1
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