I'am filing for a new patent: when replying a mail on a mailing list, reply on top of the previous message, so when reading one can see newest posts first.........tis saves a lot of time. may this be worth something, or is this just logical thinking and net-etiquette my two cents.... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laurence Orchard" <laurence@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2004 2:02 AM Subject: Re: European law (was: Re: Dear Fedora Community, what do you want?) > On Sat, 2004-06-05 at 17:01, Timothy Murphy wrote: > > Rui Miguel Seabra wrote: > > > > >> However, I am not convinced that the original poster's statement about > > >> "laws recently approved in the EU that allow one to see his house raided > > >> by private police without a warrant on alledged [sic] violations of > > >> copyright" is accurate and objective. > > > > > > I'm reffering precisely to what you just noticed. And yes, they're > > > accurate and objective. You can (and probably should) take a look at the > > > directive. It is broad enough to allow that, and as you noticed, that > > > happens in the UK and the USA. > > > > While I am opposed to software patents, > > I believe you are grossly exaggerating the threat to civil liberties. > > > > First of all, the EU does not make laws. > > It issues directives to individual states. > > This directive does not require states to create a "private police" force > > with the right to enter houses without a warrant. > > > > Which "private police" force is entitled > > to enter houses without a warrant in the UK? > > > > > Custom & Excise! keep up to date with your VAT! > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > >
