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Bill: Progress Before Profit
Details
Submitted by[?]: Zuman Independence 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: August 2071
Description[?]:
| Our current system prevents progress and development. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Protection of original works of technology and arts.
Old value:: Works of technology and art are protected by copyright.
Current: Works of technology and art are protected by copyright.
Proposed: Technology and art are part of the commons and are not protected by copyright.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 12:19:46, June 23, 2005 CET | From |  Restoration Party | To | Debating the Progress Before Profit |
| Message | come on--once step forward... |
| Date | 12:30:50, June 23, 2005 CET | From | Zuman Independence Party | To | Debating the Progress Before Profit |
| Message | Que? |
| Date | 13:51:01, June 23, 2005 CET | From | Red and Green Bloc | To | Debating the Progress Before Profit |
| Message | Definitely support this |
| Date | 14:28:58, June 23, 2005 CET | From | Restoration Party | To | Debating the Progress Before Profit |
| Message | one step forward (modern economy bill) two steps back (this bill) |
| Date | 16:05:56, June 23, 2005 CET | From | Social-Liberty Party | To | Debating the Progress Before Profit |
| Message | No...this is the aspect of socialist and communist systems that we are completly opposed to. |
| Date | 19:10:32, June 23, 2005 CET | From | Alliance for Natural Law | To | Debating the Progress Before Profit |
| Message | Nope. We believe that copyright should last until the time of the author's death. And that patents should last 20 years, with option to renew, or inventor's death. Whichever comes first. |
| Date | 16:14:28, June 24, 2005 CET | From | Zuman Independence Party | To | Debating the Progress Before Profit |
| Message | Stå på krava til siste mann, kamerater! |
| Date | 01:51:22, June 25, 2005 CET | From | Libertarian Party of Valruzia | To | Debating the Progress Before Profit |
| Message | But through making profits, we have the funds to progress |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 31 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 143 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 1 |
| Random fact: When it comes to creating a Cultural Protocol in a Culturally Open nation, players are not necessarily required to provide a plausible backstory for how the nation's cultural background developed. However, the provision of a plausible backstory may be a factor in whether Moderation approves the Cultural Protocol if players in surrounding nations question its appropriateness for their region of the game map. |
| Random quote: "I worked at a factory owned by Germans, at coal pits owned by Frenchmen, and at a chemical plant owned by Belgians. There I discovered something about capitalists. They are all alike, whatever the nationality. All they wanted from me was the most work for the least money that kept me alive. So I became a communist." - Nikita Khrushchev |