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Bill: Media Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: United Republics Party
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: April 2429
Description[?]:
| The government has been gradually restricting, policing, subsidizing media. These practices need to be abolished and a free media restored to Lodamun without any government interference whatsoever. -Owen Vena, Prime Minister |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Television stations.
Old value:: The government subsidises independent non-profit-making cooperatives for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Current: The government subsidises independent non-profit-making cooperatives for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Proposed: All television media are private.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Internet regulations.
Old value:: The government allows anyone to use the internet but the police can run investigations concerning illegal activities conducted by using internet (child abuse, illegal filesharing, ...)
Current: The government allows anyone to use the internet but the police can run investigations concerning illegal activities conducted by using internet (child abuse, illegal filesharing, ...)
Proposed: The government has no position on who may use or what is published on the internet.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding sexually explicit material on broadcast television.
Old value:: Sexually explicit material is allowed, but violent or hard core pornography is banned.
Current: Sexually explicit material is not allowed, but nudity that is not sexually explicit is.
Proposed: All sexually explicit material is allowed on television.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:34:13, July 14, 2007 CET | From | The Unified Lodamun Party | To | Debating the Media Act |
| Message | WOw, are you serious? |
| Date | 01:17:30, July 15, 2007 CET | From | United Republics Party | To | Debating the Media Act |
| Message | totally |
| Date | 03:53:10, July 15, 2007 CET | From | Free Lodamun | To | Debating the Media Act |
| Message | *guitar riff* |
| Date | 11:35:04, July 15, 2007 CET | From | Democrats | To | Debating the Media Act |
| Message | Meh, the URP are degenerates, of the worst kind, the Dwarf Vena is nothing more than a peadophile, or at the very least an ally of peadophiles. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 242 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 305 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 52 |
| Random fact: When forming a cabinet, try to include as few parties as possible, while still obtaining a majority of the seats. |
| Random quote: "When there's a single thief, it's robbery. When there are a thousand thieves, it's taxation. " -Vanya Cohen |