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Bill: Intellectual Property Rights Protection Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Cathartic Crisis Coalition
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: May 2734
Description[?]:
| The only way to encourage growth of technology in our country and increase ingenuity is by protecting Intellectual Property Rights. In other words, we must give scientists an incentive to innovate, by protecting their work. The only way to do this is by giving patents. |
Proposals
Article 1
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 | 00:48:57, March 31, 2009 CET | From | Pansexual Peace Party -- FNORD | To | Debating the Intellectual Property Rights Protection Act |
| Message | *insert hippie reason here* |
| Date | 16:20:40, March 31, 2009 CET | From | Socialist Party of Kalistan (SPoK) | To | Debating the Intellectual Property Rights Protection Act |
| Message | Naturally, we oppose the notion of intellectual property. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 262 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 488 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Real-life organisations should not be referenced in Particracy, unless they are simple and generic (eg. "National Organisation for Women" is allowed). |
| Random quote: "Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike." - Oscar Wilde |