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Bill: Protect the People's Property Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Capitalist-Hawk 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: October 2108
Description[?]:
| A bill to extend copyright protections fully to art and technological concepts and creations. |
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: 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 | 07:09:26, September 08, 2005 CET | From |  Capitalist-Hawk Party | To | Debating the Protect the People's Property Act |
| Message | The Capitalist-Hawk Party is committed to the idea of a creation belonging to the individual that created. We stand opposed to those individuals that would steal the creation of another to give to public use. We believe the creator is the best person to decide how their art or technology should be distributed. If a person wants to hold the technology for themselves, that's fine. If they want to donate the art to a museum, they should be the one to decide it. If they want to charge folks to see their art, that's acceptable as well. If you create it, you own it. Passage of this bill will spur technological innovation and will expand those that wish to create great culture and art. |
| Date | 09:01:20, September 08, 2005 CET | From | Green Liberal Party | To | Debating the Protect the People's Property Act |
| Message | The Green Liberals would support this, if put to a vote. |
| Date | 12:43:19, September 08, 2005 CET | From | Patriarchal Party | To | Debating the Protect the People's Property Act |
| Message | By "limited copy protection", I infer that: 1) Such works would be copyright for a limited period of time after their creation, after which time they would be released into the public domain (although, naturally, the originals, if applicable, remain the property of the creator). 2) After the copyright period has ended, any use of the work in any way must include a citation for the creator. It seems that the only difference between this proposal and the current system is that such work would be copyright for a longer period. What copyright period would you want? |
| Date | 22:02:21, September 08, 2005 CET | From | Capitalist-Hawk Party | To | Debating the Protect the People's Property Act |
| Message | Unlimited copyright protection for as long as the creator so desired. That must be respected since once a creation has been given into the public domain or into open source, there is little to no recourse to reclaim such. If they initially want their creation to be put into an open source format, such as certain computer programs and the like, then that is perfectly acceptable. But there's no way to claim it once such is done. As such, a person should be able to have copyright protection for as long as they so desire. |
| Date | 02:23:03, September 09, 2005 CET | From | Davostan Teachers Union | To | Debating the Protect the People's Property Act |
| Message | The Davostan Teachers Union agrees with this legislation. Scientisits and inventors who have poured blood and sweet into their creations should be entitled to the friuts of their labor for life, not just a limited time only. As an educational union, we support the idea of protecting individuals scientific and technological creations. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 259 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 241 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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