[DRAFT 2 of TGLR] Repeal GA #397 World Assembly CLC

[Walfo]

2: Repeal GA #397 World Assembly Central Library Compact

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Use these links to visit the other 2 parts:
1: Repeal GA 78 “Universal Library Coalition”
3: World Assembly Research Institute

The World Assembly,

Believing that international access to a center for information is crucial,

Recognizing that physical access and proper preservation of material are important for research, yet

Finding that GA #397 World Assembly Central Library Compact contains discrepancies that create loose definitions, unnecessary spending, and loopholes as:

1. The fact that "all donors retain cultural ownership of all written works donated to the WACLC" fails to consider the possibility that a donor entity no longer exists, or that there are multiple competing claims to a work,
2. The preservation and acquisition of non-written works (such as audio material, murals, statues, records, maps, and paintings) is not considered, therefore allowing potentially important cultural artifacts to be ignored,
3. A vague mandate for the WACLC to "maintai[n] the circulation of important written works among nations", making the scope of what the WACLC may do unclear, while remaining ambiguous on what works are circulated (ie, those of individual member nations or merely that in the WACLC), what kind of circulation this refers to, and whether this requires efforts to actively promote circulation of these works or merely to maintain the status quo,
4. The term “works”, used throughout the resolution is undefined, leading to questions as to what is and is not a “work” and therefore can be placed inside the library;

Hoping to implement measures that reinstate a physical access point for information while addressing these concerns in the future,

Repeals GA 397 “World Assembly Central Library Compact”.

Co Authored by The Ice States

[Walfo]

[Bisofeyr]

"My nation remains unconvinced, though we think that your first main point of contention is interesting and may warrant further inspection: if the resolution truly fails to consider arbitration in the case of multiple competing claims to cultural ownership over a work, that may indeed be a fatal flaw. If, say, ransackers from the nation of Walfo intruded into Bisofeyr and collected several holy texts of Bisofeyri Aetheris, and then proceeded to donate those texts to the World Assembly, it would then be enforced by a supranational entity that Walfo, and specifically the ransackers therein, have cultural ownership over those texts. This is a point that ought to be expanded upon. The other points we find unconvincing."

[Bananaistan]

"The entirety is unconvincing and is full of petty nitpicking. We are opposed.

"Specifically, c is outright false. The mandate is clear. It's about restoring and replicating older works - whether they are actually damaged is immaterial as it only refers to they may have been damaged. In any case, there's plenty in rest of the mandates that deal with restoration and replication of works so it's also false to say the "the resolution only works ...". Specifically the second mandate to member states does not even mention age.

"e is also outright false considering that the ULC is specifically tasked with the security of written works."

[Fachumonn]

I don't think clause b works here as it's not what the resolution is trying to do.

[Walfo]

"Specifically, c is outright false. The mandate is clear.

My bad! I did not see the "may" and considered its effect. I will remove c.

e is also outright false considering that the ULC is specifically tasked with the security of written works.

Another point I did not consider.

The entirety is unconvincing and is full of petty nitpicking. We are opposed.

If your only quarrel was with the two points above, which are very good points, what other piece of the resolution make it too nitpicky?