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Arlene McCarthy, MEP for north-west England, has been a key figure promoting and acting as rapporteur for this proposed directive. The cosmetic changes she has so far proposed do nothing to solve the problem. However, the cultural affairs commission's amendment that defines &ldquo;technical&rdquo; will assure British and European software developers that they will not risk a lawsuit simply by writing and distributing a software package.