Last year I served as external respondent for a section of the broad EU survey on The Social Impact of ICT. Now the final report is available as pdf-download .

Bits of Freedom has warned that the European Committee is about to propose a potentially very dangerous plan to install Internet filters all over Europe. See their article here. Make your voice heard! ...

The decision is less about technology, it is rather a decision on cultural freedom and the free market. Software patents will stifle economic growth and innovation, they are used by monopolistic companies to regulate markets and to rule out competitors. The demonstrate against the attempts of the few big corporations and their lobby to restrict the economic development of European companies. ...

The directive on software patents and restrictive copyrights is a major threat to innovation and cultural freedom in Europe. Unfortunately the EU Commission succeeded in adopting the directive that is widely criticized. In an undemocratic act the Commission adopted the software patent directive against the will of various member countries.