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Bill: Libertarian Act: Media
Details
Submitted by[?]: Scientific Libertarian 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: December 2454
Description[?]:
| Government interference in the media leads only to a reduction in the amount of ambient knowledge available, and should be stopped. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Radio stations.
Old value:: The government subsidises a national radio station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Current: All radio stations are private.
Proposed: All radio stations are private.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Television stations.
Old value:: The government subsidises a national TV station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Current: All television media are private.
Proposed: All television media are private.
Article 3
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 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding regulation of media content.
Old value:: There are laws against the publication of false information; everything else may be published freely.
Current: There are laws against the publication of false information; everything else may be published freely.
Proposed: There are no content regulations; the media may publish anything, even proven falsehoods.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change International media content regulation.
Old value:: International media content undergoes the same regulation as domestic media content.
Current: International media content undergoes the same regulation as domestic media content.
Proposed: International media content is free from regulation
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The time at which sexually explicit content may be shown on broadcast television (if allowed).
Old value:: Sexually explicit content may only be shown during hours that very few children watch. Nudity may be shown all day long.
Current: Sexually explicit content or nudity may only be shown during hours that very few children watch television
Proposed: Sexually explicit content may be shown all day long.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding regulation of video games.
Old value:: The government does not maintain laws as to age limitation for purchasing video games, although it does require a content rating to be clearly displayed on the box.
Current: The government does not maintain laws as to age limitation for purchasing video games, although it does require a content rating to be clearly displayed on the box.
Proposed: The government does not regulate video games.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:38:25, September 11, 2007 CET | From |  Progressive Socialist Party | To | Debating the Libertarian Act: Media |
| Message | While there are some of the proposals of this bill we can support, the attack on public service media force us to oppose this bill. If all media are commercial we only get a commercial wiev of the world. We believe that the public should have acces to a wide array of wievs not only those of great media trusts. Naomi Leroux PSP speaker on Education and Culture |
| Date | 00:15:16, September 12, 2007 CET | From | United Democrats of Jakania | To | Debating the Libertarian Act: Media |
| Message | Opposed |
| Date | 00:54:26, September 12, 2007 CET | From | Democratic Labour Union | To | Debating the Libertarian Act: Media |
| Message | There are some items we could agree to, but we are opposed to a number of propositions. Marcus O'Reallius Party Leader |
| Date | 03:38:31, September 12, 2007 CET | From | World Wrestling Federation | To | Debating the Libertarian Act: Media |
| Message | I disagree with Article 3, but as a whole we would accept |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 145 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 99 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 6 |
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| Random quote: "I'm not a leftist; I'm where the righteous ought to be." - M.M. Coady |