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Bill: Free Market (Protection)
Details
Submitted by[?]: Gluaiseacht Shaoráil DhaonlathachIt
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: September 2583
Description[?]:
| To protect original ideas. |
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.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's stance on the source code of software.
Old value:: The government allows both open and closed source software.
Current: The government does not require that all source be opened but heavilly regulates closed source software.
Proposed: The government has no stance on the source code of software.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The patenting of software techniques.
Old value:: Software designs, techniques, formulae and algorithms cannot be patented.
Current: Software designs, techniques, formulae and algorithms cannot be patented.
Proposed: Software patents can be obtained from the patent office.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:00:41, May 26, 2008 CET | From | Kirlawan People's Justice Party | To | Debating the Free Market (Protection) |
| Message | Very strongly opposed. Copyrights and patents senselessly restrict freedom, hurt people who have done nothing wrong, hinder competition, impoverish the commons, and create useless busywork to clog up the courts. |
| Date | 16:04:07, May 26, 2008 CET | From | Gluaiseacht Shaoráil DhaonlathachIt | To | Debating the Free Market (Protection) |
| Message | The creator of ideas should be protected. The current situation doesn't stimulate R&D activities at all. |
| Date | 14:00:15, May 29, 2008 CET | From | Kirlawan People's Justice Party | To | Debating the Free Market (Protection) |
| Message | It isn't a matter of "R&D" -- which is doing perfectly fine with our considerable Science and Technology budget, and does not need to be further "stimulated" at all. And even if it were, that's far less important than any one of the five points that I had mentioned, let alone all of them. As for "protection", it is the people of our nation and the world who need to be protected from illegitimate governmental intrusions such as this. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 416 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 229 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 72 |
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