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Bill: Truly Unshackling Media Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: AM Populist Social Democrats
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: January 2342
Description[?]:
| Whereas, Current law permits libel suits against media not only for falsehoods but for "defamatory opinions" as well, and Whereas, The right to print one's opinion of a public figure is one we should hold sacrosanct, so long as it is delivered as opinion and not as factual (unless it is factual), We hereby propose to limit libel lawsuits to falsehoods only, with the definition of a falsehood including information that is deliberately misleading and that would lead most reasonable people to believe a falsehood. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Libel laws.
Old value:: Individuals may sue over falsehoods and defamatory opinions printed on them.
Current: Individuals may sue over falsehoods and defamatory opinions printed on them.
Proposed: Individuals may sue over falsehoods printed on them.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 09:25:50, January 08, 2007 CET | From | Permissive Social Union | To | Debating the Truly Unshackling Media Bill |
| Message | Excellent, a step in the right direction. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 199 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Players have a responsibility to differentiate between OOC (out-of-character) and IC (in-character) behaviour, and to make clear when they are communicating in OOC or IC terms. Since Particracy is a role-playing game, IC excesses are generally fine, but OOC attacks are not. However, players must not presume this convention permits them to harass a player with IC remarks that have a clear OOC context. |
| Random quote: "It is the hallmark of great society to debate and disagree without resorting to violence." - Mathew Jameson, former Hutorian politician |