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Bill: Information Restoration Act
Details
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: May 2039
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The patenting of software techniques.
Old value:: Software designs, techniques, formulae and algorithms cannot be patented.
Current:
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Proposed: Software patents can be obtained from the patent office.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | not recorded | From | To | Debating the Information Restoration Act |
| Message | Information is property too! Would you object if someone walked into your house, took your property, and walked off? If you gave it to him or her, sure, fine, but without getting agreement? Of course not. Consistency in all things! |
| Date | not recorded | From |  Deadly Buzz Party | To | Debating the Information Restoration Act |
| Message | Yes I support the use of patents to protect our citizens. |
| Date | not recorded | From | To | Debating the Information Restoration Act |
| Message | We are against this proposal, as it effectively limits the software production industry to those who obtain patents first. In other words, the first person to invent a word processor would be the ONLY company able to use it. |
| Date | not recorded | From | To | Debating the Information Restoration Act |
| Message | Trivial patents are only a way to destroy competition selectively. A Piece of Software is already copyrighted, we need no more protection! |
| Date | not recorded | From |  Liberal Democrats | To | Debating the Information Restoration Act |
| Message | We're against this proposal. Software patents will ruin innovations in software since information can't be shared anymore. Free the information, vote NO! |
| Date | not recorded | From | To | Debating the Information Restoration Act |
| Message | Licensing agreements! Information can be shared as much as it wants to be (legally) with proper incentives, which will further spur research and competition. |
| Date | not recorded | From | Liberal Democrats | To | Debating the Information Restoration Act |
| Message | Information can also be found in books, would you patent books? |
| Date | not recorded | From | To | Debating the Information Restoration Act |
| Message | That's called 'referencing' and 'the cost to buy the book' and 'royalties' and 'all that related stuff'. |
| Date | not recorded | From | Liberal Democrats | To | Debating the Information Restoration Act |
| Message | Well, you pay for software at this moment, don't you? That's what Copyrights are for. |
| Date | not recorded | From | Deadly Buzz Party | To | Debating the Information Restoration Act |
| Message | Oops, I read it wrong, twice. I'm against the patenting of software but for the patenting of other stuff. |
| Date | not recorded | From | Libertarian Party of Valruzia | To | Debating the Information Restoration Act |
| Message | Neutral. |
| Date | not recorded | From | To | Debating the Information Restoration Act |
| Message | Looks like it's not going to pass. Should I remove it? |
| Date | not recorded | From | Liberal Democrats | To | Debating the Information Restoration Act |
| Message | Not necessarily, it will show the voters where we all stand on the issue. |
| Date | not recorded | From | To | Debating the Information Restoration Act |
| Message | Oh, right. Sorry, I'm still new to this. Sending it for voting. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | ||
| no |
Total Seats: 27 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 10 |
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