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Bill: Culture Protection Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Christian Royalist Party
Status[?]: passed
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 2420
Description[?]:
| There needs to be some reasonable copyright laws so that people don't steal other people's intellectual creativity, work, and property. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Protection of original works of technology and arts.
Old value:: Technology and art are part of the commons and are not protected by copyright.
Current: Works of technology and art are protected by copyright.
Proposed: Works of techology and art have limited copy protection.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:26:23, June 26, 2007 CET | From | Luthori Christian Women's Association | To | Debating the Culture Protection Act |
| Message | I hope this Bill will encourage invention and innovativeness. Belinda Braithwaite (Leader of the LCWA) |
| Date | 14:52:02, June 26, 2007 CET | From | Secular Party | To | Debating the Culture Protection Act |
| Message | We vehementally support this bill. |
| Date | 15:03:23, June 26, 2007 CET | From | Secular Party | To | Debating the Culture Protection Act |
| Message | Why would anyone vote against this? |
| Date | 15:51:36, June 26, 2007 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Culture Protection Act |
| Message | Because we believe that copyright is a bar to invention and innovativeness. You, on the other hand, assume that only the original inventor has the ability to improve on his design and force everyone else to come with something slightly different. |
| Date | 20:31:20, June 26, 2007 CET | From | Secular Party | To | Debating the Culture Protection Act |
| Message | Copyright a bar to invention and innovation? Hardly. On the contrary, it forces rivals or would-be rivals of the inventor to create something better. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 42 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 17 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 24 |
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