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Bill: Artistic Liberty Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Luthori Ukunyakaza Kwabantuendaweni
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: April 3998
Description[?]:
| AN ACT to permit artists to enjoy the protections of copyright law. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Protection of original works of technology and arts.
Old value:: Technology and art are part of the commons and are not protected by copyright.
Current: Works of technology and art are protected by copyright.
Proposed: Works of technology and art are protected by copyright.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:29:27, March 14, 2016 CET | From | Luthori Ukunyakaza Kwabantuendaweni | To | Debating the Artistic Liberty Act |
| Message | *Jeanette Menziwa, Shadow Minister for Education and Culture, Member for Ugwadule Centre* nguSomlomo, This legislation corrects a longstanding oversight in our laws: the denial to artists, poets, writers, and musicians the right to enjoy any measure of profit or any remuneration for their works. While we do not go so far as some members of the Government in our support for strict copyright protections, there is a wide majority of this House that was elected on a platform of protecting the arts. We urge all Members to support the legislation and prevent artists from remaining little more than an arm of the state. |
| Date | 02:54:46, March 14, 2016 CET | From | Yamakhomanisi Induna Yebutho | To | Debating the Artistic Liberty Act |
| Message | *Minister of Education and Culture Zodwa Mnguni* "The government will be introducing a bill for voting shortly." |
| Date | 03:01:01, March 14, 2016 CET | From | INhlangano ka Ekhathazekile Onjiniyela | To | Debating the Artistic Liberty Act |
| Message | When copyright law and trademark law are written, the needs of society as a whole should be paramount. A system that stifles innovation through excessively onerous copyright protection is no better than one that disincentives innovation though insufficient protection. The Government's legislation on the matter strikes a more appropriate balance between these two interests. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 228 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 232 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: It is not allowed to call more than 5 elections in 5 game years in a nation. The default sanction for a player persisting in the early election tactic will be a seat reset. |
| Random quote: "Only the educated are free." - Epictetus |