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Bill: Artist Protection Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Revolutionary Freedom Party -- KEG SLAM
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: December 2458
Description[?]:
| To protect young, struggling artists from having their creations stolen by big corporations |
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: Technology and art are part of the commons and are not protected by copyright.
Proposed: Works of technology and art are protected by copyright.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:19:01, September 19, 2007 CET | From | Libertarian Democrats | To | Debating the Artist Protection Act |
| Message | No... |
| Date | 00:07:42, September 21, 2007 CET | From | Libertarian Democrats | To | Debating the Artist Protection Act |
| Message | Freakonomics Blog: What’s the Future of the Music Industry? A Freakonomics Quorum ... http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/09/20/whats-the-future-of-the-music-industry-a-freakonomics-quorum/ |
| Date | 00:13:06, September 21, 2007 CET | From | Libertarian Democrats | To | Debating the Artist Protection Act |
| Message | I just noticed: "To protect young, struggling artists from having their creations stolen by big corporations." I think this should be restated: "To protect the big corporations from users who illegally download and continue to back the MPAA and RIAA in warrant-less lawsuits." |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 237 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 329 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 184 |
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