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Bill: Intellectual Property Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Renewal Party
Status[?]: passed
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: July 2331
Description[?]:
| This will allow Endralon to advance technologically by giving inventors and innovators incentives to work harder. |
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 government's stance on the source code of software.
Old value:: The government requires that all source be opened.
Current: The government allows both open and closed source software.
Proposed: The government allows both open and closed source software.
Article 3
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 | 13:14:06, December 18, 2006 CET | From |  Communist Workers Party | To | Debating the Intellectual Property Act |
| Message | No it will only make corporate bosses richer as they will be the ones who will copyright the works of their employees. |
| Date | 00:41:38, December 19, 2006 CET | From | Orange Party | To | Debating the Intellectual Property Act |
| Message | We cannot support these laws against free information. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 149 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 101 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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| Random quote: "Taxes, after all, are dues that we pay for the privileges of membership in an organized society." - Franklin D. Roosevelt |