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Bill: Copyright revisited
Details
Submitted by[?]: Protectorate 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: March 2070
Description[?]:
| As per usual we are supporting copyrights. We place this to restart the debate hopefully with decorum. |
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 | 03:56:50, June 17, 2005 CET | From |  Protectorate Party | To | Debating the Copyright revisited |
| Message | To start it off we would like to understand why a short term copyright would be damaging to the nation as it is claimed. In addition we have proposed the lack of transfer of copyright as a manner to prevent the big publisher monopoly issue. We are interested in issues with this as well. OOC: for those of you who played nationstates maxbarry.com speaks of copyrights from an authors point of view. Thus the reason we are bring this up. |
| Date | 20:14:18, June 17, 2005 CET | From | Free Reform Coalition (FRP) | To | Debating the Copyright revisited |
| Message | support, limited copyrights are a good idea because they stick to the spirit of "reaping what you sow" in any case we support copyrights. |
| Date | 02:56:25, June 21, 2005 CET | From | Protectorate Party | To | Debating the Copyright revisited |
| Message | since it doesn't look like anyone is in the mood to debate we will push this forward for a vote. |
| Date | 06:35:33, June 21, 2005 CET | From | Protectorate Party | To | Debating the Copyright revisited |
| Message | Our money should be focused on raising our children right and helping those in need, not funding those who flaunt the material aspects of their existence. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 23 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 60 | ||||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 17 |
| Random fact: Party candidates for head of state elections are not visible to the public. This means that you cannot see who will run and who will not, which adds another strategic element to the elections. |
| Random quote: “Where would the weapons and equipment come from once you've banned the defence industry? Will we be defended by all your hippy people hurling potatoes and cabbages?” - Margaret Woodhall, former Dranian politician |