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Bill: Return to Normalcy V1.3
Details
Submitted by[?]: Free Reform Coalition (FRP)
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: February 2065
Description[?]:
| Copyrights and patents should be allowed, the CC, is a nice idea, but only a modifcation within a system of correct ownership and protection of that ownership. |
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 techology and art have limited copy protection.
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 | 19:53:28, June 06, 2005 CET | From |  Protectorate Party | To | Debating the Return to Normalcy V1.3 |
| Message | we would support such a measure to insure that the creators of such work receive their reward for their contribution. Much the same as any worker should. |
| Date | 10:56:08, June 07, 2005 CET | From | Free Reform Coalition (FRP) | To | Debating the Return to Normalcy V1.3 |
| Message | good good |
| Date | 10:44:23, June 08, 2005 CET | From | Free Reform Coalition (FRP) | To | Debating the Return to Normalcy V1.3 |
| Message | move to a vote? |
| Date | 22:20:24, June 08, 2005 CET | From | Protectorate Party | To | Debating the Return to Normalcy V1.3 |
| Message | might as well, since no one else will support us. Unless suddenly there has been a change in opinions. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 39 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 43 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 18 |
| Random fact: Any RP law granting extraordinary "emergency powers" or dictator-like powers to a government must be passed by at least a 2/3rds majority, but (like all RP laws) may always be overturned by a simple majority vote of the legislature. |
| Random quote: "It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it." - Upton Sinclair |