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Bill: Copyright Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Zapatista 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: May 2140
Description[?]:
| Copyright is pointless! It has no meaning other than to make certain people rich. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Protection of original works of technology and arts.
Old value:: Works of technology and art are protected by copyright.
Current: Works of technology and art are protected by copyright.
Proposed: Technology and art are part of the commons and are not protected by copyright.
Article 2
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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:12:26, November 12, 2005 CET | From |  Workers' Communist Party of Cobura | To | Debating the Copyright Bill |
| Message | If someone designes a better mousetrap for example, why shouldn't that person make profit from something that was THEIR creation in the first place? |
| Date | 19:20:57, November 12, 2005 CET | From | Zapatista Party | To | Debating the Copyright Bill |
| Message | Their is no need for hastey progression in technology. Now days, technology is created by businesses and mainly for businesses. Meaning, most money from copyrighting their new improved junk goes into maximising profit and having a monopoly on important/helpful machinery. We want to stop the companies taking technology, names, materials and claiming it as their 'own' and making money off of it! |
| Date | 19:28:48, November 12, 2005 CET | From | Workers' Communist Party of Cobura | To | Debating the Copyright Bill |
| Message | Whenever a society stagnates it's technological development, that society has ALWAYS collapsed. Constant Progress is needed in order to ensure our nation's future, you failed socialist policies do not blind the CSP to your obvious plans to overthrow the legitimate government of Cobura and install yourselves as the Tyrants of Cobura. |
| Date | 19:31:13, November 12, 2005 CET | From | Zapatista Party | To | Debating the Copyright Bill |
| Message | Hmph! Rubbish! Once again, look at the Qunzari Soviets and other Socialist nations! They are doing well without the burden of wage slavery and copyright laws! |
| Date | 22:38:37, November 13, 2005 CET | From | Workers' Communist Party of Cobura | To | Debating the Copyright Bill |
| Message | The Qunzari Soviets have elected a NON-COMMUNIST Government! Shows just how "sucessful" they really are! |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 52 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 277 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 61 |
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