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17th July 2005 -- Parliamentary Magazine, a journal linked to the Eupolitix.com website, published another issue shortly before the Parliament's second reading on software patents, which again contains several advertisements and articles on the subject.

Cover story: Commissioner McCreevy portrays patent critics as "anti-globalist", ...

... "anti-corporate", "anti-American", "anti-free-market", anti-everything, and says he will not allow the Parliament to seriously amend the directive

SAP full-page advertisement: "importance of the patentability of c.i. i."

... making it undisputably clear what the directive is about

Lehne: "Protecting Innovation"

... with some new, more conciliatory lies

FFII full-page ad: "Who profits from EPO software patents?"

... 5th in a row, with a new caricature

Redhat full-page ad: "Representing the Public Interest"

... refuting some fallacies, recommending FFII as a representative of voters

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