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Bill: copyright law
Details
Submitted by[?]: Progressive Labour 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: December 2160
Description[?]:
| Works of technology and art should be protected by copyright |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Protection of original works of technology and arts.
Old value:: Works of techology and art have limited copy protection.
Current: Works of technology and art are protected by copyright.
Proposed: Works of technology and art are protected by copyright.
Article 2
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 | 02:42:15, December 21, 2005 CET | From |  Protectorate Party | To | Debating the copyright law |
| Message | timeframe for these copyrights. (OOC: the current law was set to limited due to a short time frame, like 5 yrs I think will check later) |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 258 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 75 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 166 |
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