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Worldwide Media Act - Grosseschnauzer - 10-09-2005

Quote: Worldwide Media Act

A resolution to reduce income inequality and increase basic welfare.

Category: Social Justice

Strength: Significant

Proposed by: Richard2008

Description: The United Nations,

-A- NOTING that the artistic, cultural and entertainment media industry is a growing sector and is essential to the economic development of our Nations and the happiness of our people,

-B- RECOGNIZING that this industry includes a wide assortment of businesses and individuals that create and produce video, music, graphics, books and various other types of content,

-C- DEFINES a ?regional system? as any method to prohibit the transmitting or viewing of media from one region or nation in another region or nation,

-D- NOTING that some regional systems are designed to prevent access to graphic or restricted types of media content in individual nations,

-E- CONVINCED that the universal standards are likely to increase consumer confidence, further adding to the practical and economic viability and success of these standards,

-F- REGRETTING the problems consumers face when using incompatible media formats, and when attempting to transport media from other cultures, which is a barrier to cultural awareness,

-G- REGRETTING that the current restrictions on media use increase piracy and hurts artistic, cultural and entertainment media creation,


-1- URGES all Nations to promote artistic, cultural and entertainment use of media and encourage its development, in particular its online distribution ,

-2- URGES STRONGLY all nations to regulate commercial DRM (Digital Rights Management) systems and duplication protections for commercial media, in order to assure compatibility for customers with most media players,

-3- BANS any "regional system" for commercial DRM?s and for all past, present and future commercial media formats. These formats include but are not limited to:
-Blu-ray disc
-Digital Versatile Disc (DVD)
-High Density Digital Versatile Disc (HD DVD)
-Universal Media Disc (UMD)
-Super Audio CD (SACD)
-DualDisc
-Enhanced Versatile Disc (EVD)
-Holographic Versatile Disc (HDV)

-4-URGES all Nations to uphold legislation against any media sharing, distribution, or reproduction methods which are widely considered piracy,

-5- MANDATES developed nations where companies propose a commercial media support or DRM system standard to regulate the cost of its patent licensing in order to be financially reasonable and available to developing and less economically stable nations.

Co-authored by Love and esterel

Voting Ends: Thu Oct 13 2005 [/quote]

Worldwide Media Act - Antrium - 10-10-2005

After quite a bit of consideration, and reading the UN debate, we vote against.

Worldwide Media Act - Federalist - 10-10-2005

For

Worldwide Media Act - Groot Gouda - 10-10-2005

Against, and I think I need only to refer to the discussion on this board. Despite changing the category (finally, after mod intervention), it's still a pointless resolution that will cause the opposite of what the authors say they're aiming for.

As the IDU, we should be opposed to this kind of crap.

Worldwide Media Act - Lawtonia - 10-11-2005

Lawtonia abstains

Worldwide Media Act - Keeslandia - 10-12-2005

The Empire opposes.

Worldwide Media Act - Grosseschnauzer - 10-12-2005

Quote: FOR    [ 1 ]    [20.00%]
AGAINST  [ 3 ]  [60.00%]
ABSTAIN  [ 1 ]  [20.00%][/quote]

A lot of absentions (non-participants in the survey this time), but of those participating, the prevailing sentiment is Against. Therefore, the region's votes will be cast again the proposal.

Worldwide Media Act - Groot Gouda - 10-13-2005

If we could nudge the Pacifics a little so they'd vote against this, it could fail. Surely they care about their economy and free trade?

Worldwide Media Act - Grosseschnauzer - 10-13-2005

I don't know about the other Pacifics. but I know that The North Pacific was overwhemlingly against.

Worldwide Media Act - Antrium - 10-13-2005

The resolution "Worldwide Media Act" was defeated 7,193 votes to 7,093.

:wave: YES! And so close too Big Grin

Worldwide Media Act - Mikitivity - 10-14-2005

Still pretty busy with things at work, though today I've had a bit of a breather! So I ended up abstaining.

Worldwide Media Act - Groot Gouda - 10-14-2005

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