Talk:Corruption and bullying

Need something on the New Zealand thing from 2010

There's no page on the wiki for what happened in New Zealand in 2010 with MS and IBM telling the government to change their plans to ban software patents.

• http://news.swpat.org/2010/03/new-zealand-govt-against-software-patents/
• http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/06/23/0235248/new-zealand-u-turns-will-grant-software-patents

Ciaran 06:17, 28 December 2011 (EST)

Putting it here now: IBM and MS deciding New Zealand legislation

Ciaran 07:07, 30 December 2011 (EST)

Need something on US messages to EU in 2005

I seem to remember some communications from a US government body to an EU institution during the 2003-2005 software patents directive lobbying. It said, in other words, that software should be patentable and I think it made an indirect reference to TRIPS (by a mention of "international obligations" or similar).

Shouldn't be hard to find when I get time with a search engine... Ciaran 20:10, 23 February 2012 (EST)

Something on the US using it's "Free Trade" (aka "low wage) treaties?

.Ciaran 20:11, 23 February 2012 (EST)