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Bill: Intellectual Property (Software) Abolition Act

Details

Submitted by^[?]: Judicial Union 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: March 2617

Description^[?]:

An act to abolish software patents.

Proposal^[?] to change The patenting of software techniques.

Old value:: Software patents can be obtained from the patent office.

Current: Software patents can be obtained from the patent office.

Proposed: Software designs, techniques, formulae and algorithms cannot be patented.

These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:

Date	23:13:20, August 04, 2008 CET
From	Judicial Union Party
To	Debating the Intellectual Property (Software) Abolition Act
Message	There is no need for debate here, everything that can be said has been.

Date	04:00:31, August 05, 2008 CET
From	Liberty Party
To	Debating the Intellectual Property (Software) Abolition Act
Message	And will be dealt with again when this is defeated for the thousandth time.

Date	04:02:14, August 05, 2008 CET
From	Judicial Union Party
To	Debating the Intellectual Property (Software) Abolition Act
Message	It will pass eventually.

Date	04:09:32, August 05, 2008 CET
From	Liberty Party
To	Debating the Intellectual Property (Software) Abolition Act
Message	And then it will be repealed and we will be right back to square one. Why not understand that the majority of political parties (meaning the majority of the people) do not want what you want?

Date	06:21:01, August 05, 2008 CET
From	Judicial Union Party
To	Debating the Intellectual Property (Software) Abolition Act
Message	If the majority of the parties (not the people) wanted a certain race extinguished, should we just sit idly by then, and accept it as the "will of the people"? Obviously not. Human rights trump democracy.

Date	22:09:03, August 05, 2008 CET
From	Hello Kitty Party
To	Debating the Intellectual Property (Software) Abolition Act
Message	Except for the fact that the majority of the legislature that voted against this does make up the majority of the people.

Date	23:09:57, August 05, 2008 CET
From	Liberty Party
To	Debating the Intellectual Property (Software) Abolition Act
Message	Well it did not pass again.

Date	23:18:07, August 05, 2008 CET
From	Judicial Union Party
To	Debating the Intellectual Property (Software) Abolition Act
Message	A majority of parties is not a majority of people.

Date	23:36:59, August 05, 2008 CET
From	Liberty Party
To	Debating the Intellectual Property (Software) Abolition Act
Message	20.68+17.53+14.10+6.36=58.67% Yep. That is a majority.

Date	23:38:01, August 05, 2008 CET
From	Judicial Union Party
To	Debating the Intellectual Property (Software) Abolition Act
Message	Nope. Learn why we have referenda.

Date	23:47:13, August 05, 2008 CET
From	Liberty Party
To	Debating the Intellectual Property (Software) Abolition Act
Message	So 58% is not greater than 42%? Last time I went to school it was. And this is not a referenda.

Date	04:03:47, August 06, 2008 CET
From	Judicial Union Party
To	Debating the Intellectual Property (Software) Abolition Act
Message	No, because referenda are where the people actually decide, and you can be damn sure it's going to be different from what the parties decide. By having the vote as we do, it is in fact the parties deciding. Representative democracy is not true democracy.

Vote

Seats

yes

Total Seats: 209

Total Seats: 291

abstain

Total Seats: 0

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