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Bill: Creative Works Protection Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Classical Liberal 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: October 2640
Description[?]:
| An act to protect our artists and creators. Article 2 protects authors as well. |
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 techology and art have limited copy protection.
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 requires that all source be opened.
Current: The government requires that all source be opened.
Proposed: The government allows both open and closed source software.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 05:29:39, September 22, 2008 CET | From | Classical Liberal Party | To | Debating the Creative Works Protection Act |
| Message | Why not? Why should artists, authors and all other creators not be allowed to make money from their creations? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 139 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 196 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 65 |
| Random fact: Particracy does not allow role-play that seems to belong to the world of fantasy, science fiction and futuristic speculation. |
| Random quote: "Voting Tory will cause your wife to have bigger breasts and increase your chances of owning a BMW M3." - Boris Johnson |