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Bill: No Intellectual Property Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Anti Egalitarian Alliance
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: November 2333
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The patenting of software techniques.
Old value:: Software patents can be obtained from the patent office.
Current: Software patents can be obtained from the patent office.
Proposed: Software designs, techniques, formulae and algorithms cannot be patented.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 13:32:10, December 23, 2006 CET | From | Kirlawan Unionist Party | To | Debating the No Intellectual Property Act |
| Message | If ideas cannot be protected, then why will people come up with them as they will now no longer provide meaningful benefit. |
| Date | 18:09:41, December 23, 2006 CET | From | Gluaiseacht Shaoráil DhaonlathachIt | To | Debating the No Intellectual Property Act |
| Message | Agreed. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 454 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 293 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Parties have the ability to endorse another party's candidate for the Head of State election (if there is one). This adds a strategic element to the elections. |
| Random quote: "The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago had they happened to be within the reach of predatory human hands." - Havelock Ellis |