Copyrights Bill [Passed]

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Uh... aye. Wouldn't we have voted on this pretty soon anyhow?

Only if no more amendments were offered.  Granted, this bill wasn't subjected to a lot of silly amendments intended only to prolong debate and prevent a vote, but we were having a spate of those on other bills at the time this and the other cloture motions were made.

[Јas]

Updated Tally on Sam's Cloture Motion
Aye: 5 (Phil; Brandon; Sam; Ebowed; Lewis)
Nay: 0
Abstain: 0
Absent: 1 (DWTL)
Yet to Vote: 2 (Al; Rob)

6 Aye votes are required to pass the cloture motion.

[PBrunsel]

Aye on cloture

[Sam Spade]

With 6 votes in favor, 2 not voting, 1 seat absent and 1 seat vacant, the motion for cloture passes.

We now move to voting on final passage of the bill.

Please vote Aye, Nay or Abstain on the following legislation (the final text of the bill):


Copyrights Bill

1. It shall be the policy of the Republic of Atlasia that once granted the terms of copyrights should neither be increased or reduced.

2. As of the date of the passage of this Act, any change in the term of copyright of a protected work caused by a change in the law after the date of first publication shall be null and void and the applicable term shall be that called for under the law at the time of first publication.  Any royalties due the copyright holder resulting from such a nullified change in the copyright term for a work published publication after the expiration of the original term the copyright and prior to the date of the passage of this Act shall still be due the copyright holder.

3. As of the date of the passage of this Act, the term of a copyright granted by the Republic of Atlasia shall be the minimum term required under Article 7 of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works as in force as of the date of the passage of this Act.  Works for hire shall be treated as anonymous works save that moral rights under Article 6bis of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works shall be held by the hirer and not by the anonymous author(s).

4. No person shall face more severe penalties for the use of computers or the Internet in copying, sharing, or distributing copyrighted music, movie, television, text, image, or software files than if computers or the Internet had not been used.

5. Section 102 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 is repealed.

6. Section 103 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 is repealed along with any amendments made by later law to chapter 12 of Title 17, Copyrights.

7. Title V of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 is repealed along with any amendments made by later law to chapter 13 of Title 17, Copyrights.

[Sam Spade]

Although this is not a perfect bill (Section 5 should be gone), it is a great improvement on present copyright law and I thus vote....

Aye.

[Brandon H]

Aye

[Keystone Phil]

Aye

[PBrunsel]

Aye

[Ebowed]

Aye

[Јas]

Current Tally on Final Vote
Aye: 5 (Sam; Brandon; Phil; PBrunsel; Ebowed)
Nay: 0
Abstain: 0
Absent: 1 (DWTL)
Yet to Vote: 3 (Al; Lewis; Rob)

Having garnered a majority of votes to pass, Senators have 24 hours within which they may change their votes.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Aye ftr

[Sam Spade]

With 6 votes in favor, 2 not voting, 1 seat absent and 1 seat vacant, the bill has passed the Senate.

It is now presented to the President for his signature.

[Colin]

X Colin Wixted

[Emsworth]

2. As of the date of the passage of this Act, any change in the term of copyright of a protected work caused by a change in the law after the date of first publication shall be null and void and the applicable term shall be that called for under the law at the time of first publication.  Any royalties due the copyright holder resulting from such a nullified change in the copyright term for a work published publication after the expiration of the original term the copyright and prior to the date of the passage of this Act shall still be due the copyright holder.

The Constitution already provides that copyright terms "shall not be extended once secured," so it is perhaps questionable whether the second half of this clause (relating to royalties) is permissible.

[Sam Spade]

Fine by me.  Bring a lawsuit. 

[minionofmidas]

Aye ftr

[DownWithTheLeft]

Aye ftr