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Bill: People's Culture
Details
Submitted by[?]: Christian Communist 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: September 2499
Description[?]:
| Cultural affairs of the nation. |
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: Technology and art are part of the commons and are not protected by copyright.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government regulation of the viewing of movies.
Old value:: The government sets a range of standards (to be determined) but these only apply to movie theaters.
Current: The government sets a range of standards (to be determined) and these apply to cinemas and private homes.
Proposed: The government sets a range of standards (to be determined) and these apply to cinemas and private homes.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:50:14, December 10, 2007 CET | From |  Anarchitarians | To | Debating the People's Culture |
| Message | Article 1: No. What is the message we are sending to those who will advance our society, that your work is not protected? Good luck encouraging scientists and artists to come here, and scientists and artists born here to stay. Article 2: No. Too much power to government. |
| Date | 02:02:06, December 11, 2007 CET | From | Revolutionary Socialist Front | To | Debating the People's Culture |
| Message | Anarchitarian, as regards your point on Article 1: Actually, empirical evidence proves you wrong. In the area of intellectual property law there has arisen something called a copyleft, whereby software can be freely used, distributed and modified so long as you do not use it to make a profit and if you modify it you have to release the modifications also under the copyleft. Basically, in real life copyright protection on software is being significantly eroded in Europe, yet open-source software is much better than closed-source software, and always improving. I am posting from a laptop using the Xubuntu Linux operating system. It doesn't enjoy traditional copyright protection, yet it is much, much better than Windows, which does. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 221 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 241 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Cultural Protocol bills must provide a real-life equivalent or short description for the ethnic groups, languages and religions contained in them, such that it would be easy for an unfamiliar player to understand (e.g. "Dundorfian = German"). Where appropriate, they should also provide guidance to players on where to find help with translations and character names. This might include, for example, links to Google Translate, Behind the Name's Random Name Generator and Fantasy Name Generators. |
| Random quote: "If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared." - Niccolo Machiavelli |