We are working on a brand new version of the game! If you want to stay informed, read our blog and register for our mailing list.
Bill: Intellectual Property Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Kapitalist-Arbeitsfamilien Partei
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: May 2469
Description[?]:
This simple common-sense bill affirms that if the people of this great country design an invention, write a book, or does some unique creative feature, it should be protected by Copyright Law so others will not steal their work. Thank you for your full support. |
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 technology and art are protected by copyright.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 10:19:11, October 11, 2007 CET | From | Democratic Workers' Party and CTUL List | To | Debating the Intellectual Property Act |
| Message | Technology and art are never truly individual products. We therefore oppose copyright protection. Technology and art are products of our society, and as such should belong to society as a whole. |
| Date | 00:46:14, October 12, 2007 CET | From | Kapitalist-Arbeitsfamilien Partei | To | Debating the Intellectual Property Act |
| Message | DWP, So if you write a fictional novel OR an autobiography based on your PERSONAL life history and/or INDIVIDUAL political beliefs, are you saying that that is not your property and I can make money off of your autobiography??? |
subscribe to this discussion - unsubscribe
Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 363 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 303 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: All role-play must respect the established cultural background in Culturally Protected nations. |
| Random quote: "I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification; one day right there in Alabama, little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers." - Martin Luther King Jr. |