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Corruption and bullying
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Sock puppets
When an organisation invents a new persona to represent their interests, but with a different image, that's a sock puppet. Examples:
Illegal access to politicians
The first draft of the EU software patents directive, which should be written by the European Commission, had "François Mingarance" (BSA lobbyist) as the author in the file's properties.[1][2]
Bill Gates bullies Denmark
In February 2005, a few months before the European Parliament's second vote on the EU software patents directive, Bill Gates met with the Prime Minister of Denmark plus two government Ministers. At the meeting, Gates threatened to fire 800 Danish software developers: "I must have clarity on the rights issue. Otherwise I will move to the US, where I can protect my rights".[3]
Related pages on ESP Wiki
- Some SMEs like software patents myth (see Some_SMEs_like_software_patents_myth#A_fake_EU_SME_working_group_report A fake EU SME working group report)
- Fake representatives of free software
- IBM and MS deciding New Zealand legislation
- Pro-patent bias in courts
External links
- Aborted Whitehouse Study on Software Patents 1998 - "IBM kills White House software patent study"
