[DRAFT] Fair use Act

[Ariana Arab]

Category: Education and Creativity.
Area of effect: Educational.
RECOGNIZING that everyone has the right to learn, educate himself without any burdens.
AWARE that any academic work requires to be published in all over the world without any commercial obstacles or censorship.
CONCERNED with the thirst of the youngster for the knowledge and with building a better global generation.
HEREBY,
1- We suggest establishing the Committee For Academic Fair Use(CAFU). this committee will be under the supervision of the world assembly.
2- The role of the committee is to follow the scientific and technological trends, so that it can provide the new references and documentation to all the concerned universities for free.
3- Any academic documentation, that isn’t issued by CAFU, is considered unrecognizable by the committee.
4- Any academic documentation of CAFU was obtained with the permission of the copyright holder. This process is accomplished by making a contract between the two parties, in which the holder declares that his ownership of the copyright to be fortified.
5- The copyright holder can benefit from some privileges provided by the committee.
6- The members and the budget of the committee are to be approved in the world assembly.

[The Yellow Monkey]

Welcome to the World Assembly!

This is an interesting idea but it might already be covered by existing copyright legislation. Also you've written it in a colloquial manner that goes against convention and might be considered a blogsposal. Most seriously, you've drafted a proposal which does nothing more than create a committee, which is not a legal WA resolution according to (somewhat stupid, stifling, and easy to circumnavigate /rantover) game rules.

[Denathor]

OOC: Also the word "we" in Clause 1 makes it illegal due to branding

[Bears Armed]

OOC
The GA either establishes a WA committee/agency or doesn't do so: It can't just "suggest" that one be established.
WA committees are staffed by [neutral, presumed honest & efficient] WA employees, and there is no mechanism for the WA to approve/disapprove their appointments.

[Ariana Arab]

Category: Education and Creativity,

Area of effect: Educational,

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RECOGNIZING that everyone has the right to learn, educate himself without any burdens.
AWARE that any academic work requires to be published in all over the world without any commercial obstacles or censorship.
CONCERNED with the thirst of the youngster for the knowledge and with building a better global generation.
HEREBY,
1- The world assembly establishes the Committee For Academic Fair Use(CAFU). this committee will be under its supervision.
2- The role of the committee is to follow the scientific and technological trends, so that it can provide the new references and documentation to all the concerned universities for free.
3- Any academic documentation, that isn’t issued by CAFU, is considered unrecognizable by the committee.
4- Any academic documentation of CAFU was obtained with the permission of the copyright holder. This process is accomplished by making a contract between the two parties, in which the holder declares that his ownership of the copyright to be fortified.
5- After signing the contract,The copyright holder can benefit from some privileges provided by the committee. Such as:
a- Attending the Annual International academical congress for free,as a guest of the committee.
b- the committee can recommend him as a nominee to obtain an international scientific prize.
c- having an interview about his academical experience with a press, the press is designated by the committee.
6- The committee is responsible to organize the Annual international Academical congress, this congress is made to discuss the trends of the technology and science. Companies , universities and scholars are welcome to attend , but they need to pay for the registration in the congress.

Category: Education and Creativity.
Area of effect: Educational.
RECOGNIZING that everyone has the right to learn, educate himself without any burdens.
AWARE that any academic work requires to be published in all over the world without any commercial obstacles or censorship.
CONCERNED with the thirst of the youngster for the knowledge and with building a better global generation.
HEREBY,
1- We suggest establishing the Committee For Academic Fair Use(CAFU). this committee will be under the supervision of the world assembly.
2- The role of the committee is to follow the scientific and technological trends, so that it can provide the new references and documentation to all the concerned universities for free.
3- Any academic documentation, that isn’t issued by CAFU, is considered unrecognizable by the committee.
4- Any academic documentation of CAFU was obtained with the permission of the copyright holder. This process is accomplished by making a contract between the two parties, in which the holder declares that his ownership of the copyright to be fortified.
5- The copyright holder can benefit from some privileges provided by the committee.
6- The members and the budget of the committee are to be approved in the world assembly.

[Denathor]

OOC: You don’t need multiple threads for different drafts. Just keep using one.

[Ariana Arab]

OOC: You don’t need multiple threads for different drafts. Just keep using one.

Sorry, it's last time!

[Bananaistan]

OOC: This was submitted. I have marked it illegal as follows: Committee only rule (forming a committee cannot be a proposal's only action.)

This needs more drafting and some of sort of operative clause active on member states, even if that's only something to do with the committee so long as it's more than just filing paperwork with the committee.

I also note that as currently written point 3 is particularly problematic. It would appear to either lead to no research being published unless it originates with the committee or would abolish peer review.

[The COT Corporation]

"We have left some advice in red, Ambassador"

Category: Education and Creativity.
Area of effect: Educational.

RECOGNIZING that everyone has the right to learn, educate himself (Use 'Themself", I could see feminists getting angry about this.) without any burdens.
(Put a space here, to make it easier to read.)
AWARE that any academic work requires to be published in all over the world without any commercial obstacles or censorship.
(Put a space here, as well.)
CONCERNED with the thirst of the youngster for the knowledge and with building a better global generation.
(And here.)
HEREBY,
(Keep up the spaces, OK?)
1- We suggest (This does nothing if the committee is only suggested. I would also change it from "We" to "Suggests" to reduce the chances of being illegal.) establishing the Committee For Academic Fair Use(CAFU). this committee will be under the supervision of the world assembly.
(Space)
2- The role of the committee is to follow the (change "the" to "any") scientific and technological trends, so that it can provide the new references and documentation to all the concerned universities for free.
(Space)
3- Any academic documentation, that isn’t issued by CAFU, is considered unrecognizable by the committee.
(Space)
4- Any academic documentation of CAFU was obtained with the permission of the copyright holder. From here to the end of this clause, should be a sub clause.) This process is accomplished by making a contract between the two parties, in which the holder declares that his ownership of the copyright to be fortified. (Either swap this clause with clause 2 or 3.)
Space again.
5- The copyright holder can benefit from some privileges provided by the committee. (Severe grammatical error here. Also, make this a sub clause of clause 4)
(Space!)
6- The members and the budget of the committee are to be approved in the world assembly. (Remove this clause. Mandating the WA to do something will result in this proposal being illegal.)

"This is not to say we would support the vote, more just to help you on your way."

[Denathor]

Callahan walks up to the ambassador from Ariana Arab with a piece of paper in his hand.
"We would theoretically support a resolution on this subject, but like my fellow ambassadors, I agree that this needs to be substantially redrafted. I wrote a skeleton draft as a starting point, not a finished proposal. Feel free to take inspiration from it."

The World Assembly,

Recognizing that everyone has the right to learn and educate themselves without any burdens,

Believing that any academic work should be published all over the world without any commercial obstacles or censorship,

Encouraging the thirst for the knowledge and the desire to build a better future,

Hereby,

1. Establishes the Committee For Academic Fair Use (CAFU),
   
   
2. Tasks the CAFU with
   
   1. determining what new and established research is significant in the fields, and providing this research to post-secondary institutions without charge,
   2. creating and organizing an annual International Academical Congress, which congress will discuss the trends of technology and the sciences,
3. Requires that all academic research that is considered to be significant to a field of study be provided to the CAFU by the publisher.

[Teretstein]

Agreed but we've already had this codified in our provinces for years. Why does it deserve an international platform?

BTW, our constitution specifically states that the national government can only be involved in the military, relations between the provinces, and international trade. So this resolution is in direct violation of our constitution, even though most of our provinces abide by it anyway.

[Kenmoria]

“You need to require some sort of legislative burden on member states, and to actually create a committee rather than suggesting creation. I recommend thinking about what you actually want to do with this proposal, and then what member states need to do or ought to do in order for this to happen. You are allowed to have clauses that merely encourage action, though mandates are very useful.

As a whole, I think the proposal needs some refocusing to address what its aim is. However, this is a good starting point for a good piece of legislation.”

BTW, our constitution specifically states that the national government can only be involved in the military, relations between the provinces, and international trade. So this resolution is in direct violation of our constitution, even though most of our provinces abide by it anyway.

(OOC: GA law supersedes national constitutional law.)

[The COT Corporation]

"With all do respect, ambassador, are you ever going to edit the proposal?"