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"Patent Riots" 2004!
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A demonstration of the economic -- and democratic -- majority in support of the European Parliament's position on software patents and for parliamentary democracy in the EU, against national governments who are using the Commission and the Council as a means of circumventing democratic control. Last year a successful predecessor demo was termed "the 2003 Patent Riots" by US computer columnist John Dvorak. Although quite peaceful and imaginative, the event expressed the fact that professionals from all over Europe cared to come to Brussels, which says a lot about the state of the patent system and of EU democracy.
Time and Place
2004-04-14 11.30-14.00
starting with a rally on Place du Luxembourg (EP) marching to Council and Commission, possibly also Belgian governmental institutions
most up-to-date planning info is probably found on AEL Wiki Logistics Pages
see also Bram Van Doren's FFII Demo site, which gives a more reader-friendly introduction.
Schedule
- 30-12.00 Luxemburg Square
Speeches, Performances
- 00-13.30 March through Central Brussels
to Council and Commission and back to Parliament with intermediate stops and short speeches/performances.
Entering the Parliament for the session at 14.00 may take up to 30 minutes.
State of Planning
- license from Bourgmestre is forthcoming.
- march route and performances being planned
- white balloons
- sandwiches man with patented webshop
- patent minefield performance
- pantomime and choir (?)
