2004-07-06 München: Demonstration against Patentkin Villages
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On 6 July the German Ministry of Justice in cooperation with the German Patent and Trademark Office, Siemens CEO Heinrich v. Pierer and others are staging a propaganda rally in Munich, in which they suggest to chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and other influential guests that innovation is indispensably related to "intellectual property", a term which they use as a code word for the patent system. The organizers and most of the announced participants are known supporters of software patentability and key players in the EU Council's efforts to sidestep the European Parliament's decision against software patentability of September 2003.
Proposals from FFII to open up the Munich rally and allow critical assessment of the patent system's impact on innovation were refused by the organisers. However four FFII representatives were invited as observers to the event.
Hartmut Pilch explains: Today's patent celebration is unlikely to provide much room for voicing the concerns of real-life innovation. Also, we are not as fortunate as Heinrich von Pierer, who has been whispering patent fairy tales from 1001 nights directly into the chancellor's ear. Yet the event provides interesting opportunities for communication. Eventually the mundane realities of patents as brakes on innovation will find their way to the decisionmakers.
Vigil against Software Patents
On 06.07.2004 Munich hosts a symposium titled "Innovation und geistiges Eigentum in Deutschland".
Place: Munich Museumsinsel Deutsches Museum / Ehrensaal Time of the Vigil: 10:00-14:00 Uhr in front of the museum
Participants:
- (optionally) contact jwildeboer (att) domainfactory.de (0174 7917833)
- Arrive at 9:30 at the museum shop in front of the museum, there distribution of costumes etc
This encompasses the following event:
30 "Programmers in chains" will serve as vigil for the event.
These "Programmers in chains" will hold boards explaining why they are in prisoners clothes such as "I use a firewall under linux", "I have programmed a webshop" etc
We will try to reach to the chancellor etc as soon as possible. Because we can send now four number of persons to the event, we will try to get as much media attention as possible.
Supporters
FFII (Förderverein für eine Freie Informationelle Infrastruktur)
FoeBud (Verein zur Förderung des öffentlichen bewegten und unbewegten Datenverkehrs)
- Greenpeace (with slightly different focus, but also concerned about the autistic and often law-contempting behaviour of the patent establishment)
Organisatorisches
Die Veranstaltung ist angemeldet. Gefangenenkostueme werden gestellt, man kann kommen und sich einkleiden lassen, oder sich einfach zuschauend dazugesellen (es gibt auch einige Transparente), wer hat kann ein T-Shirt "No Software Patents" mitbringen ...
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