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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	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030924.2.3-112"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-09-24-Speech-3-1132
lpv:speaker	lp:Erik Meijer2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Socialistische Partij (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (1999-10-13--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	". In America, large computer companies have been trying for years to protect their software inventions against free use by individual users and small companies. They build in technical restrictions, tie buyers to restricting contracts, try to collect enormous damages and demand legal protection by the authorities. It is young, resourceful users in particular who are faced with ever more restrictions and run the risk of ending up in prison. In Europe too, such companies are trying more effective ways of protecting their monopoly against the public. In departing from Article 52 of the European Patent Convention, according to which software is subject to copyright rather than to patenting, the European Patent Bureau in Munich is trying to extend its remit along the lines of the American system. It has managed to do this by granting 30 000 patents to date. The European Commission and part of this Parliament want to justify this extended remit with the argument that nothing actually changes in comparison to the present situation. This course of action is meeting with much opposition, and with good reason, from those who are hindered in their inventions, their education, their work or their leisure activities. I support this opposition to the commercial interests of large monopolies and have enjoyed working on counter arguments prior to this vote."@en1

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