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Bill: Copyright Reform
Details
Submitted by[?]: Citizen's Communist Council
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: August 2615
Description[?]:
| Technology and art should be part of common history and culture, not something to be horded by a select few. |
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: Technology and art are part of the commons and are not 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 requires that all source be opened.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:37:32, August 02, 2008 CET | From | Anti-Federalists of Free Sekowo | To | Debating the Copyright Reform |
| Message | We are ambivalent on the second article, and lumping art and technology together is (through no fault of the LSC) unfortunate, but we will hesitantly support. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 300 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 265 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 35 |
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| Random quote: "You have to remember one thing about the will of the people: it wasn't that long ago that we were swept away by the Macarena." - Jon Stewart |