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Bill: Copyright Protection
Details
Submitted by[?]: Voter Apathy 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: June 2229
Description[?]:
| We are losing a brain trust in this country as there is no reason to invent because as soon as you invent it the government/society takes over the invention and there are knockoffs all over the place. They need to be assured if they invent it they get credit for doing the work and get to enjoy the fruits of their labor. |
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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:42:30, May 18, 2006 CET | From |  For the Division of Cheesecake Party | To | Debating the Copyright Protection |
| Message | Inventing shouldn't be something you do for money, but for the ones who love to create, to help better society. |
| Date | 02:49:44, May 18, 2006 CET | From | Voter Apathy Party | To | Debating the Copyright Protection |
| Message | Everything is done for some sort of money. You spend all your time and effort perfecting something and you obtain no benefit from it? That is just absurd. There is no reward and no point. It's no wonder more and more of our best and brightest are leaving Saridan. |
| Date | 05:51:04, May 18, 2006 CET | From | Communist Party of Saridan | To | Debating the Copyright Protection |
| Message | The government pays you. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 225 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 427 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: References to prominent real-life persons are not allowed. This includes references to philosophies featuring the name of a real-life person (eg. "Marxism", "Thatcherism", "Keynesianism"). |
| Random quote: "Political correctness is just tyranny with manners." - Charlton Heston |