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Bill: Media Regulations Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: National Democratic Party
Status[?]: passed
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: January 3078
Description[?]:
| Regulating certain areas of the media. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Radio stations.
Old value:: All radio stations are owned by the state.
Current: All radio stations are private.
Proposed: The government subsidises a national radio station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Television stations.
Old value:: All television stations are owned by the state.
Current: All television media are private.
Proposed: The government subsidises a national TV station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding sexually explicit material on broadcast television.
Old value:: Sexually explicit material is allowed, but violent or hard core pornography is banned.
Current: Sexually explicit material is allowed, but violent or hard core pornography is banned.
Proposed: Sexually explicit material is not allowed, but nudity that is not sexually explicit is.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 06:15:50, February 15, 2011 CET | From | National Imperialist Party | To | Debating the Media Regulations Bill |
| Message | Why give up our ownership of the media. |
| Date | 06:15:51, February 15, 2011 CET | From | National Imperialist Party | To | Debating the Media Regulations Bill |
| Message | Why give up our ownership of the media. |
| Date | 10:29:49, February 15, 2011 CET | From | Kalopian People's Party | To | Debating the Media Regulations Bill |
| Message | We support privatised media. |
| Date | 20:55:17, February 16, 2011 CET | From | National Democratic Party | To | Debating the Media Regulations Bill |
| Message | This still places the power into the state, though a little more loosely. Still does not permit privatized corporations to run their own mischief. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 58 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 17 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: In cases where players have failed to clearly and accurately reference their nation's RP laws in the "Bills under debate" section, Moderation will rule them invalid if a challenge is made to their validity. |
| Random quote: "The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out the conservative adopts them." - Mark Twain |