NationStates Jolt Archive

This proposal would as passed legislation call for the formation of a library whose purpose would be to house and exhibit films, audio recordings, and photographs for the viewing and listening of the general public. Such a library would come both at the expense and for the benefit of all WA nations.

General:
The International Media Library (henceforth referred to as the IML) would function as any standard library, with most of its contents being available for checkout with the exception of priceless or rare original recordings/negatives/prints that cannot be removed from the library except in such cases where the piece's safety was insured under contract.

Details:
The IML would contain at least one, preferably two copies of every recording, film, and photograph published in any of the WA nations, as well as non-published media deemed historically important from those same nations.
The ILM would also amass published and non-published recordings from any non-WA nation willing to provide a copy, but given that such nations are not under WA jurisdiction, they could not be required to do so.

Philosophy:
Having access to all the worlds media in one place would bring innumerous benefits;

Our cultural heritage as it exists in media would be well preserved for all future generations to appreciate and learn from. In the same way, it would allow current generations to learn from our own history the their media.

Creativity in WA nations would flourish; The IML would serve as a virtually unending source of inspiration for future artistry.

Having mutual access to other nations media will bring our nations together, and bring new understanding and appreciation for our cultural differences and how beautiful they are.



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You took out the branding violation from your earlier submission, which is good.

You should also mention your category and effect, which I assume you plan to leave at Educational and Artistic / Cultural Heritage.

There were a couple of Global Library resolutions in the old UN. Wouldn't hurt to search for those threads here and review some of the commentary.

Passed: Universal Library Coalition [OFFICIAL TOPIC] (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=401390&highlight=library)
Passed: Repeal "The Global Library" [Official Topic] (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=394023&highlight=library)
Which Library? (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=399703&highlight=library)

I think you should also consider adding the media in paper support (newspapers)

Good luck whit the resolution

Respected ambassador, we imagine you meant to say innumerable instead of innumerous (which would mean "scarce" we think ).

Oh and best of luck with this , another resolution eminating from the Axis of Absurdity is very exciting indeed.

yours e.t.c.,

I like your thinking let see what you've got then

The proposal has now been submitted, so those of you who might wish to see it passed would earn the gratitude of Blhur for the rest of eternity, if you might contribute effort in allowing it to come to vote.

Thank you,
-Extremely Shiny Nation of Blhur

The proposal makes sense, valuable cultural material would be saved in the event of a war.

However if a terrorist were to somehow take the IML hostage, how I wonder would the nations react?

The proposal makes sense, valuable cultural material would be saved in the event of a war.

However if a terrorist were to somehow take the IML hostage, how I wonder would the nations react?

I'm not sure that I would see such a library as a target for terrorist activities.
However, in the event that a hostage situation might occur, we would have to follow policy laid out in other WA legislation.

The proposal has now been submitted.

Next time, consider your post here to be a Draft, and take input from the members here instead of simply asking if it's OK. You're much more likely to gain support if you address issues via collaboration. Most WA regulars allow anywhere from 3 days to 3 months for drafting. Yeah, it really does take that long.

For instance, most of what I read under Philosophy is essentially fluff. I'd have preferred for you to spend a little more time defining how it would work from an international and cultural heritage perspective. As written, I wouldn't vote for it.

Is this a copyright library?

We must agree with the venerable representative for Frisbeeteria.

We suspect this resolution will fail to get enough approvals as it has had far to little an airing and no input from more experienced ambassadors. The inexperience of it's authors is the cause.

yours e.t.c. ,

Next time, consider your post here to be a Draft, and take input from the members here instead of simply asking if it's OK. You're much more likely to gain support if you address issues via collaboration. Most WA regulars allow anywhere from 3 days to 3 months for drafting. Yeah, it really does take that long.

For instance, most of what I read under Philosophy is essentially fluff. I'd have preferred for you to spend a little more time defining how it would work from an international and cultural heritage perspective. As written, I wouldn't vote for it.

You'll be happy to know it has changed considerably since the original posting. The philosophy section is admittedly not important to the legality of the document, but does follow the guidelines of the form. (Justify your reasons for passing this legislation)

I would like to see the library's catalogue expanded to include diaries of world leaders, artists, philosophers ect. as well as some of their non media works. Blue prints of famous buildings, notes from monumental scientific discoveries, original drafts of speeches for instance.

I would like to see the library's catalogue expanded to include diaries of world leaders, artists, philosophers ect. as well as some of their non media works. Blue prints of famous buildings, notes from monumental scientific discoveries, original drafts of speeches for instance.

Materials such as these, while still being very valuable, would not belong in an Artistic Media Library. Other libraries were established during the "United Stations" period that could accommodate these materials.

I mearely meant that i would like to see a compendium of these items. Forgive me for the misunderstanding. I reread my post and realized i was extremely vague on that.