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Bill: Investment Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Progressive Pragmatists
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: November 2044
Description[?]:
| As a thousands have been put out of work by corporate layoffs. As currently software and digital information cannot be patented. As allowing investors to profit off their risks would help Ikradons econemy. Therefore so be it... |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The patenting of software techniques.
Old value:: Software designs, techniques, formulae and algorithms cannot be patented.
Current: Software patents can be obtained from the patent office.
Proposed: Software patents can be obtained from the patent office.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:47:37, April 28, 2005 CET | From | Democratic Socialist Party | To | Debating the Investment Act |
| Message | Opposed. |
| Date | 22:56:42, April 28, 2005 CET | From | Progressive Pragmatists | To | Debating the Investment Act |
| Message | Well cultural issues are copyrighted under current law, why not software? |
| Date | 08:53:08, April 29, 2005 CET | From | Democratic Socialist Party | To | Debating the Investment Act |
| Message | Who says we wouldn't be planning to move those into the public domain as well? |
| Date | 10:21:53, April 29, 2005 CET | From | Progressive Pragmatists | To | Debating the Investment Act |
| Message | Then you are collectivist fools who will ruin our econemy and lower our standirds of living. The you lose the election and we will have to clean up your mess.... |
| Date | 10:27:19, April 29, 2005 CET | From | Progressive Pragmatists | To | Debating the Investment Act |
| Message | The majority of Ikradonian's wish the free market to remain. They do not wish a command econemy. Perhaps the DSP fails to realize how the public feels on this issue.... |
| Date | 12:17:45, April 29, 2005 CET | From | To | Debating the Investment Act |
| Message | I have to oppose it. I don't think that this is where we should find stimulus for the economy. Unless you're trying to level competition. In which case, I'd honestly have to say I don't find a problem with monopolies like microsoft. They're doing a fine job serving the consumers. If investors are angry, then investors can help spring up a competitior. |
| Date | 15:47:45, April 29, 2005 CET | From | Democratic Socialist Party | To | Debating the Investment Act |
| Message | The SDP's certainty that THEY know how the general public feel, and how they will vote, is a constant source of amazement in the DSP's party offices. |
| Date | 01:29:43, April 30, 2005 CET | From | Progressive Pragmatists | To | Debating the Investment Act |
| Message | So far our party has been right on predictions of voter behavior. Although if you care to disagree so be it. Time will tell... |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 93 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 161 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 55 |
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