Z:gnu-www-ja-software-patents--33e535-The people in the same ministr/en

The people in the same ministry are also involved in the copyright issue which really has nothing to do with software patents except that it is being handled by the same people. It is a question of interpreting the recent EU copyright directive, a horrible law like the Digital Millennium Copyright Act in the US. But there is some latitude for countries to decide how to implement it. The UK is proposing the most draconian possible way of implementing this directive. You could greatly reduce the harm that it does by implementing it properly. The UK wants to maximize the tyrannical effect of this directive. It seems there is a certain group, the Department of Trade and Industry [archived], who need to be reined in. It is necessary to put a check on their activities. Stop their creating new forms of power.