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Bill: Copy Protection Act f 2374
Details
Submitted by[?]: Jakanian Liberal Socialists
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: February 2376
Description[?]:
| This bill recognises the rights of our citizens to own private property, but also recognises that any rights of ownership over non-material items are artificial and contrary to progress and economic development; arts and technological methods are naturally reproducable without cost, and the government should not create artificial markets to counter this. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Protection of original works of technology and arts.
Old value:: Works of techology and art have limited copy protection.
Current: Works of technology and art are protected by copyright.
Proposed: Technology and art are part of the commons and are not protected by copyright.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:42:51, March 16, 2007 CET | From | Independent party | To | Debating the Copy Protection Act f 2374 |
| Message | We believe that people's inventions should be protected by the government. |
| Date | 03:16:54, March 17, 2007 CET | From | Moderate Republican Party | To | Debating the Copy Protection Act f 2374 |
| Message | This discouragees people from creating new works of technology to benefit society. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 139 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 254 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 87 |
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