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Bill: Information Purchase Treaty
Details
Submitted by[?]: Seosavists Republican party
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This bill is a resolution. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: October 2056
Description[?]:
| Information Purchase Treaty The nations of Malivia, Dundorf and Hutori (hereafter referred to as THE SIGNATORIES) agree to the following laws governing the use, license and purchase of information between their nations. A. Information held in the commons of one or more of the signatory nations shall not be used for profit outside of their nations. B. Information copyrighted in one or more of the signatory nations shall not be used without permission of the copyright holders. C. Information held in the commons of one or more nations may be licensed or purchased by citizens of other signatories, as legislated by the nation the information originated in. D. The signatories agree to enforce laws to prevent the illegal use of information within their nation. Signatories: Malivia Ikradon Kundrati Lodamun taken from: http://www.takeforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=392&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0&mforum=particracy |
Proposals
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:34:28, May 18, 2005 CET | From | National Forwardist Party | To | Debating the Information Purchase Treaty |
| Message | If i'm reading this right (as i may not be, i am a little busy right now) it seems to be an international version of the ban on the lisencing of technologies and arts. i am for it. |
| Date | 00:12:38, May 19, 2005 CET | From | Social Calvinist Unionist Party | To | Debating the Information Purchase Treaty |
| Message | Errrr..... I'm not so sure. We are for the FREE sharing of ALL technology and arts. According to this, if a country allows liscensing it's technology, then people would be forced to buy that stuff. We would only be negitively(sp? Sorry, I'm too lazy to spell right at the moment :/)impacted by this treaty. We have nothing to sell, so all we will do is buy. Also, you can't "illegaly" use information. So, this translates as censorship. That would mean people who use technology, which would be perfectly legal before signing this treaty, would be committing something "illegal". We are against this bill, unless all of our technological liberties are to be maintained. |
| Date | 02:15:25, May 19, 2005 CET | From | Opinion Poll Vultures | To | Debating the Information Purchase Treaty |
| Message | We concur with the technocratics. |
| Date | 09:13:01, May 19, 2005 CET | From | House of Thompson | To | Debating the Information Purchase Treaty |
| Message | LMTM, that is my problem with copyrights. Some people can have a monolopy and not allow any other person to have them. Basicly the treaty stipulates that techology should be shared freely. |
| Date | 10:50:17, May 19, 2005 CET | From |  Leviathan Party | To | Debating the Information Purchase Treaty |
| Message | Allow me to clarify the workings of the IPT, especially regarding how the IPT works with the commons. Luthori is, of course, a partner with Malivia in the Free Information Zone, which allows the free exchange of information between our commons. Despite the attempts of reactionaries in our government, we have consistently managed to keep information free from exclusive copyrights exactly because we feel information commons are part of a government commitment to the common good. However, not all nations have the same view regarding information, and most nations still allow copyrights. How would a Luthori citizen feel if they found that information they created, a song or a piece of code, that they released into the commons was being used for profit in another country? Before the IPT, there is no recourse for that person, much less the Luthori government. However, if Luthori ratifies the IPT, citizens of other signatories would not be allowed to use information in Luthori's commons in such a manner that violates Luthori's laws. Luthori can, of course, choose to release the entirety of their information commons into the public domain, in which case the IPT serves no purpose. However, if your nation is interested in preventing the exploitation of your information commons there must be international law to establish acceptable use policies, which is exactly what the IPT does. Let me emphasize that there is no international law regarding 'intellectual property,' and so currently a foreign country could allow one of their citizens to copyright information from your commons, and then profit from that information and claim they have exclusive rights. This is why the IPT is so important, as an international agreement that allows nations to protect commons and copyrights alike without creating unnecessary conflict. If Luthori wants to use information copyrighted in another nation, the can license that information from the owner of that copyright. Equally, Luthori can then license information from their commons to citizens of other countries, which means that money potentially flows in and out of the economy. This does not amount to censorship unless, of course, the LMTM is promoting the use of copyrighted material without permission. And of course Luthori can still share information freely, but if you want to stop foreign citizens from using information in your commons for their own profit, how will you achieve that without the IPT? I hope this has cleared up any confusion regarding the utility of the IPT. It will not restrict the Luthori commons, and the FIZ between Luthori and Malivia will still be in place. What the IPT does is protect your commons from exploitation and create international law to govern the acceptable use of information between different copyright systems. R. Alexander Foreign Minister of Malivia |
| Date | 19:05:27, May 19, 2005 CET | From | Seosavists Republican party | To | Debating the Information Purchase Treaty |
| Message | I'll leave it for another day so you can read that ^^^ |
| Date | 02:32:05, May 20, 2005 CET | From | House of Thompson | To | Debating the Information Purchase Treaty |
| Message | We thank the Leviathan Party of Maliva for clearifying the treaty. With that said, we will vote "yes" to ratify the treaty. |
| Date | 20:19:27, May 20, 2005 CET | From | National Forwardist Party | To | Debating the Information Purchase Treaty |
| Message | just FYI: this will go back to 'debate' mode in three hours. whenever there is an election, any bills that were currently under vote go back to debate |
| Date | 20:02:25, May 22, 2005 CET | From | Seosavists Republican party | To | Debating the Information Purchase Treaty |
| Message | sigh back to vote again! |
| Date | 20:45:11, May 22, 2005 CET | From | Opinion Poll Vultures | To | Debating the Information Purchase Treaty |
| Message | lol... |
| Date | 23:16:13, May 23, 2005 CET | From | Seosavists Republican party | To | Debating the Information Purchase Treaty |
| Message | almost, almost. Hey let's have an election!! |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 570 | |||||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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