Freedom of Communication and Democracy
Regarding my article on the LEN
Reader reactions ---
May 27, 2004
Dear Mr. Petit,
I see from your website that you are interested in digital communication freedoms. But this issue is not limited to France. In Italy, Berlusconi has seized control of the media (see Arte report from May 26, 2004) in order to secure absolute power. At the European level, powerful multinational corporations such as Microsoft are pushing for software patents in an attempt to stifle free software (Linux). See the website: http://swpat.ffii.org.
Chirac opposed software patents during his last presidential campaign. Yet, in the European Commission, these same deputies voted in favor of the software patent law. See the articles:
http://www.linuxfrench.net/article.php?id_article=1429
http://www.linuxfrench.net/article.php?id_article=1437
In short, the only thing left is to patent as many things as possible, accompanied by terrorist laws, while convincing us that voting is necessary for democracy to exist.
But how much longer will this farce continue?
Richard ALBENE
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