2004-04-14..15 Brussels: Powerful Demonstration against Software Patents and for Parliamentary Democracy in EU

Outline

7-800 demonstrators from 24 countries demonstrated against Council Software Patent "Compromise", Support European Parliament

• detailed reports in tv and printmedia
• many participants from Eastern Europe
• !MEPs condemn unaccountable Council decisionmaking, speak of Putsch against elected legislator

Related Reading

• Debriefing and base for a Press Release at Bxl44DebriefEn, french version Bxl44DebriefFr

• Heise report with related events (Nokia Letter, Opera comments on it) and gives number of 800 demonstrators

• ZDNet: Brevets logiciels: Le Bras de Fer se poursuit entre Parlement et Conseil

• FFII event schedule also contains some debriefing

• latest news

• lastest ffii planning