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Bill: HEGCs Intellectual Property Rights Bill - Revised
Details
Submitted by[?]: Hobrazian Extraordinary Gentlemen's Club
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: December 2696
Description[?]:
| If we have managed to introduce the property rights to economics within our society, our party believes, it would be wise to introduce property rights on intellectual property as well. The new bill amends article 2 from the older version of the bill - as in to reply to proposition of People's Freedom Alliance (Sorry, just for the visibility, i guess; no motivation or reasoning will be provided for the bill) |
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 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
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| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 183 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 217 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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| Random quote: "If we cannot, by reason, by influence, by example, by strenuous effort, and by personal sacrifice, mend the bad places of civilization, we certainly cannot do it by force." - Auberon Herbert |