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[ILUG] Irish Constitutional Challenge to Software Patents

[ILUG] Irish Constitutional Challenge to Software Patents

Enda enda at unison.ie
Tue May 18 14:58:09 IST 2004


Colm MacCarthaigh wrote:
> On Tue, May 18, 2004 at 12:44:46PM +0100, Eamon O'Tuathail wrote:
> > Thanks to the "gentle" encouragement of Colm MacCárthaigh, I have been
> > examining what rights software authors have under the Irish
Constitution. I
> > have put them together is this draft of a letter for Ms. Harney.
>
> >
> > Any comments on the draft below would be helpful.
>
> http://tardis.redbrick.dcu.ie/2324/www.oasis.gov.ie
>
> "Nothing in the Constitution of Ireland or any of our national laws can
> override or take precedence over an EU law."

Doesn't that comment fly directly in the face of the notion that EU Laws
must be ratified locally before they can be enforced?

 -Enda.




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