Journal TheSandBox's Journal: UN Proposal Discussion: "Universal Copyright/Patent Law" 12
This JE has been, for the moment, annulled. No voting will take place, and no more proposals should be posted until voting procedures have been set. This is only out of fairness; we can't ask people to vote if we haven't set the procedures yet? (except for the vote on voting, i guess...) - solemndragon
i think we need to have more discussion between refs before things get posted?
Description: UCPL- Universal Copyright/Patent Law
In it's current state, copyright law varies from country to country. It makes free trade more difficult, as the laws differ from nation to nation. As a representative of the Dominion of Anward, I realize my nation needs foreign trade to boost our economy. If we made a copyright/patent law that would apply to all countries there would be no 'gray area' and this would hopefully stimulate interest for countries to be more willing to trade between the nations of the United Nations. My proposal asks the following to be implemented:
1. Copyright/Patent Law be the same between all UN members.
2. Copyright/Patent organizations be modified to accommodate the number of requests for copyright. This should be done by establishing a new International Copyright Organization, with chapters in every capital. This agency would receive other chapters' copyrights, and send copyrights established in that country to all other chapters. With the Internet Age, this is a simple process.
3. With many different languages, a sub-agency should be established to correctly translate the copyright/patents, into each chapters native language.
4. An additional sub-agency be created to be informed of, and monitor all copyright/patent infringements. Reducing the need for the government to take the time to investigate the actions. A recommended course of action will then be reported, and a court of the nation of the offender make the ruling.
Voting Ends: Mon Jan 26 2004
Agencies over agencies (Score:1)
Sure, go ahead. We just might be forced to cease the exchange of ideas with UN member nations should this resolution come to pass. Don't let that influence you, though. Go crazy, hire hordes of translators and other clerks. I am especially delighted by the usage of the phrase "internet age" in this proposal, because we all know that all nations are equally "connected." Especially the poorer ones.
Mu (Score:1)
Re:Mu (Score:2)
Re:Mu (Score:2)
Patents must be for non-obvious, novel inventions and you better bloody well bring a working prototype. None of the "fishing expeditions" that other nations allow. If it later turns out that there is prior art for your patent both you and the patent examiner will be shot - no appeals. If you do not use the patent with 2 years (either by producing the products or licencing the patent to a third party) then it will expire.
Re:Mu (Score:2)
If all nations in the Backyard concur with this position, then we concur with those other nations.
Otherwise, tough titties!
Delegate vote (Score:2)
As the regional delegate, my vote is weighted by the number of endorsements I've received (so currently my vote counts for 13 votes), so the main thing I would like to see in this discussion is how the UN member nations would like to see me use this vote.
Note that none of this is relevant to nations who are not UN members.
The resolution as it stands avoids many of the hot-button issues in IP in the real wo
Vote For (Score:2)
We believe that copyrights should be limited to 14 years uniformly throughout the world, that circumvention of absurd protections be a universal right, that patents should be limited to 5 years and not apply to software/business methods/biotech.
WHO POSTED THIS? (Score:2)
Therefore, this proposal is NOT open to debate or vote.
solemndragon
Re:WHO POSTED THIS? (Score:1)
Of course, in Dissidentia, most votes are non-binding.
Re:WHO POSTED THIS? (Score:2)
This is the proposal currently before the UN. I sent a telegram to all UN members in the region asking for their feedback and robi thought it would be useful to have a JE for UN members to discuss it in. This was not intended to apply to non-UN members but this wasn't clear in the way this was posted.
It would be quite useful for the region's UN members to have a JE in which to discuss the resolution up for vote before the UN each week. Especially to give guidance to t
Re:WHO POSTED THIS? (Score:2)
I think we should talk with FK some more and see about setting up a site.
I'm against the proposal (Score:2)
-MT.