[PLUTO-soci] Fw: Vote for Commission's Patent Lobbying

[franco.vecchiato a libero.it]

Il giorno sab, 18/11/2006 alle 22.53 +0100, Hartmut Pilch ha scritto:
> Dear supporter of the FFII[1],
> 
> You have signed up as a supporter of the FFII as user [cut], thereby
> giving us a mandate to represent your interests in European patent policy
> matters.  Upon signing up, you also explitely agreed to receive occasional
> reports and alerts.  You can withdraw your mandate any time by logging into
> your account at http://aktiv.ffii.org/ and choosing to "change your
> user/member status" from the main menu[1].  However, as you can learn from our
> website, the freedoms which you entrusted us to defend continue to be under
> siege, and our work continues to produce results that deserve your support.
> 
> We are very grateful to all who voted previously in the polls for the "EV50
> Europeans of the Year" and "Worst EU Lobbying Award".  Previously the level of
> participation from our community in these actions has been tremendous which is
> why, today, we would like to bring one more online poll to your awareness:
> 
> - Corporate Europe Observatory (corporateeurope.org), an organization that
>   keeps track of questionable lobbying tactics and EU institutions or
>   officials who "have their ears a little too open for one side of the story",
>   has nominated the European Commission's DG Internal Market for this year's
>   "Worst Privileged Access Award": http://www.worstlobby.eu/selectwinner.php
>   for "manipulating a consultation on EU patent policies".
> 
>   In carrying out its' own round of additional consultation following the end
>   of the official commission consultation "On the Future of European Patent
>   Policy" together with "a disturbing degree of preferential treatment for
>   corporate proponents of US-style software patents... DG Internal Market’s
>   flawed consultation raises the suspicion that it was primarily concerned
>   with legitimising its own patent policy proposal no matter what."
> 
>   If, like us, you share concerns surrounding these issues you can vote "for"
>   DG Internal Market: http://www.worstlobby.eu/selectwinner.php# and, if they
>   "win", i.e.  if that consultation is chosen as the worst privileged access
>   in the EU in 2006, then you will help draw attention to the unbalanced and
>   flawed methods employed in drawing up Europe's innovation and patent policy.
> 
> - Corporate Europe Observatory are also running their 'Worst EU Lobbying
>   Award" again which last year, the keen among you may remember, was won by
>   "Campaign for Creativity" - nominated as a fake NGO brilliantly disguising
>   corporate demands as grassroots concerns.  We trust you will find a suitable
>   candidate of your own preference from the nominations this year as it is
>   required that you vote for both categories.
> 
> Thank you for underscoring the importance of our cause to politicians, the
> press and the public through your participation in such polls.
> 
> Best regards, 
> 
> Hartmut Pilch
> phm a ffii.org
> Vice President FFII
> 
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>    Btw, sorry for writing in English only this time.
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> 
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Franco Vecchiato


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