On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 09:15:46PM +0100, Ciaran O'Riordan wrote:
- Where's the EU overkill copyright directive at the moment? Isn't the committee vote coming up on Sept 11? Should we be working on this yet/soon/after-patents?
I would say so -- but IMO, the patent issue is much more serious for software developers. The latter is a big issue for people who may have to perform reverse engineering while developing software; swpats affect all forms of software development.
AFAIK also, I recall hearing that the Irish copyright law since its amendment in 2000 is pretty much a DMCA-alike already.
My thoughts are to concentrate on patents for now and do the copyright thing after...
(PS: regarding getting a .ie, IMO it's not worth it. Stick with a .org, much easier to manage and cheaper too. ;)
--j.