Subject: [Patents] vote "for" political counterfeiters
From: PILCH Hartmut <[email-masked]>
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Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 09:55:57 +0100 (CET)
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At 

  http://www.corporateeurope.org/worstlobby/?showcontender=1

you can find some arguments why to vote "for"

     Campaign for Creativity
     http://wiki.ffii.org/CampaignForCreativityEn

as "worst lobby of the year":  

  They are a classic example of astroturfing, one of the most odious forms of
  lobbying. They tried to copycat the grassroots style of FFII. Political
  counterfeiters lobbying for intellectual property. Lobbies rarely get as
  ruthless, deceptive and hypocrite as this one.

  ...

As political counterfeiters I wonder whether they might be liable for penal
infringment under IPRED2.  This is commercial-scale activity and intentional...