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Bill: Freedom of creativity act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Freedom 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: July 3454
Description[?]:
| Madame Speaker, the Werin Da is devoted to abolishing all copyright laws. We also seek to remove the obligatory content rating on video games, which is just a tool of discrimination. Let this issue be handled by parents and not b the government. |
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: Technology and art are part of the commons and are not protected by copyright.
Proposed: Technology and art are part of the commons and are not protected by copyright.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding regulation of video games.
Old value:: The government does not maintain laws as to age limitation for purchasing video games, although it does require a content rating to be clearly displayed on the box.
Current: The government does not maintain laws as to age limitation for purchasing video games, although it does require a content rating to be clearly displayed on the box.
Proposed: The government does not regulate video games.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:14:53, March 12, 2013 CET | From | Gukmindang | To | Debating the Freedom of creativity act |
| Message | Madam Speaker, those who design new pieces of technology and create original pieces of art need to assured control of their intellectual property. Otherwise there will be no incentive for them to create things - and the whole of society would lose out from that. Video games ought to be regulated more tightly and not less. They are doing immense damage to the minds of young people. Haneul Han MP General Secretary of the Gukmindang |
| Date | 19:56:21, March 12, 2013 CET | From | Freedom Party | To | Debating the Freedom of creativity act |
| Message | Madame Speaker, There are gazillions of ways to get rich on your good work without forcing people to pay for your ideas. Or rather, without forcing people to pay the immensely rich multinational company your "sold" your ideas to. I suppose that freedom hurts when you aren't allowed to force your elitism upon innocent people. Video games do so much good for children, it teaches them history, makes them better at their own or different languages, makes them connect with people from all over the world to have fun together, stimulates creativity, strongly improves reactivity.. If the Gukmindang truly loves diversity, friendship and education, they should let the video game market be free. Aengus Cassidy, Werin Da Spokesman on science and technology |
| Date | 20:45:48, March 12, 2013 CET | From | Grand National Party | To | Debating the Freedom of creativity act |
| Message | Madam Speaker, if a person decides to sell one of its creative products to a customer under the provision that this transfer of property titles does not include the right to copy and re-sell the product, then we have to recognize this voluntary contract. Unfortunately, our opposition to article 1 does not allow us to vote in favor of the second proposal which we generally agree with. Herman Boxhall MP Member for Valdor GNP Parliamentary Leader |
| Date | 00:24:00, March 13, 2013 CET | From | Freedom Party | To | Debating the Freedom of creativity act |
| Message | Madame Speaker, I wonder whether the GNP would support a reformed proposal that limits copyright protection but does not abolish it? We too to be happy to finally do away with the oppressive state-enforced content ratings on video games. Aengus Cassidy, Werin Da Spokesman on science and technology |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 171 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 186 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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