Copyright Laws of the Norfolk Empire (2019)
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| Long title | B#2.19.1/A bill relating to the Copyright Laws of the Norfolk Empire. |
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| Introduced by | HRH Prince Cooper Norfolk I, MP for the 1st District of New Tenochtitlan |
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Status: Current legislation | |
The Copyright Laws of the Norfolk Empire (B#2.19.1) was a bill introduced in the House of Commons of the Norfolk Empire, by Green-Republican MP HRH Prince Cooper Norfolk I on 3 August 2019, the first day in the session of Parliament.
Background
1st reading
The Copyright Laws of the Norfolk Empire was created to allow citizens to protect their work by copyrighting the material.
The bill was read at Parliament on 3 August 2019 as the first bill in the 1st session of the House of Commons and was passed by all four members of the House of Commons.
Text
Act 1: Copyright of Government Material
Section 1: Government Material on the Internet
(A)
All government material, which is defined as works of the government like flags, emblems, coats of arms, state newspapers, state television, government member portraits, government documents, bills from the Parliament, royal decrees, the constitution, and the Declaration of Independence, shall be in the public domain and can not be copyrighted by the government.
(B)
Those items are free to be used by anyone on any platform, even ones that are not watched by the government.
(C)
If images are uploaded to a platform that allows the uploader to pin a tag to the government material, the material should be marked with something along the lines of “This file is in the public domain.” If the file is not marked properly, then the uploader will face a fine of five Valoraj or a one Valora tax-hike for the next two years depending on the material and the judgement of the High Court, which shall handle cases like this.
(D)
If a person is writing a paragraph on a platform that either requires or allows said persons to cite their work, they must cite their work if using government material, as all material shall. If not cited, the same punishment in the above section shall apply to this situation. If it is a member of the House of Norfolk writing the paragraph, they do not have to cite their work, but it is suggested that they do so.
Section 2: Physical Use of Government Material
(A)
All government materials listed in 2.1.(A) can be used without citation or licensing of any type in the physical word. They can be used on advertisements, signs, artwork, papers, newspapers, and other platforms similar to the listed ones.
Section 3: Sale of Government Material
(A)
Abroad citizens of the Norfolk Empire can be a citizen abroad in any micronation or macronation on Earth, but not on any other physical or fictional planets like Mars or Micras.
Act 2: Protected Works
Section 1: Protected Works and to Register for Copyright
The only government material that can be sold by non-government personnel is the flag, the coat of arms, the Declaration of Independence, the constitution, and royal decrees of the Norfolk Empire. Government personnel can sell all other government material with permission from the sitting Monarch or one of their heirs presumptive. If non-government personnel is selling government material they are not allowed to be selling, they can be fined up to five Valoraj.
(A)
First of all, the term “protected work” is defined as a piece of work, such as a literary, musical, and dramatic piece of work, that has been registered as a copyrighted piece of work (B further explanation) and is profited off of. Unpermitted use of a protected work shall be illegal and the person(s) who used protected work without the permission of the creator in a newspaper, logo, sign, televised broadcast, radio broadcast, flag, coat of arms, symbolism, or any other internet platform will be fined a total of ten Valoraj.
(B)
To register for a person’s work to be a piece of protected work, the creator of the work must submit their work to the Copyright Court of the Norfolk Empire, which shall be created by this bill (C further explanation), for examination. The judges of the Copyright Court of the Norfolk Empire, which there will be two of appointed by the sitting Monarch or one of their heirs presumptive, will review the work and give it the proper license, meaning that it could be copyrighted and made protected work. If not, the creator can submit the work to the Copyright Court of the Norfolk Empire over and over again until it is approved as copyrighted and protected work. After the creator has copyrighted the work, he or she can profit off of the work (2.(A) further explanation).
(C)
The Copyright Court of the Norfolk Empire is a court that will examine all material that is submitted to them by their creators. They will review the work and give it the appropriate licencing according to this bill. They will examine all material except for government material.
Section 2: Profiting Off Copyrighted/Protect Work
(A)
The creator of a material, when registered for copyright, can profit off of their work when someone is fined for using their work without their permission, as they will receive seventy-five percent of the fine and the government will receive the rest, and when someone, with permission, uses their work in something they have created, they must receive fifty percent of all profits from that person's creation.
Section 3
(A)
There are twenty types of protected works, literary, musical, dramatic, pictorial, graphic, sculptural, architectural works, television shows, radio broadcasts, logos, signs, movies, sound recordings, audio books, corporation names, business names, product names, products, slogans, and internet domains.
Act 3: Rights of the Copyright Owner
Section 1: Basic rights of the Copyright Owner
(A)
The owner, also known as the creator, of a piece of work has the right to prepare derivative works based upon the work, reproduce the work in copies, distribute copies of the work to the public by means of sale, rental, lease, or lending, and perform literary, musical, dramatic, visual, audial, or choreographic work publicly.
(B)
The copyright of a piece of work will expire as soon as the creator has died.
Act 4: Copyright Notices
Section 1: Symbolism for Copyright
(A)
The symbols “©”, “(C)”, “(c)”, and the abbreviation “Copr.”/”copr.” can be used to signify that material is copyrighted. After that symbol should be the name of the person or company that has copyrighted the material and the years it has been copyrighted for.
Act 5: Parodies
Section 1: General Information
(A)
First of all, the word “parody” is defined as material that is an imitation of another piece of work. Parodies are legal in the Norfolk Empire when referring to or showing the material for less than fifteen minutes.
Votes
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| HRH Prince Cooper Norfolk I | ||
| HG Duke Iyan Seeker I | ||
| HRM Prime Minister Duchess Dorothy Norfolk I | ||
| HRM Duke Roger Bluetoski I | ||
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