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European Parliament Blocks Copyright Reform With 113% Voter Turnout
New submitter mcmadman writes "In a bizarre turn of events, the legal affairs committee of the European Parliament, voted to weaken a reform of the copyright monopoly for allowing re-publication and access to orphan works. What is surprising is that the voter turnout happened to be 113%. That there were three votes too many, and that these three votes determined the outcome, was pointed out to the committee. Unfortunately, when this was done, along with formally requesting a re-vote, the re-vote was denied."
I guess someone accidentally bought too many votes this time.
You can never know everything, and part of what you do know will always be wrong. Perhaps even the most important part.
Putin's approval rating has plummeted to 112% in favor.
113 percent? Where did they count the votes? Chicago?
Life is hard, and the world is cruel
Hold on fellas, you've got it all wrong. Math is different in Europe (they've got their commas and periods all backward in many places), especially when it's attorneys doing the counting. Folks just have to understand this, and fortunately there's a great instructional video available for those in need of further tutelage.
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Europeans often point out to Americans the higher turn-outs in their elections. They aren't quite to up Chicago standards, but it is a respectable showing none the less.
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much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who don't even know that fire is hot - George Orwell
You americans with your puny 99%. This parliament goes to 113!
Meep.
It's normal that after taking all that public money, they want to give 113% of their energies, in order not to let the community down.
This is Europe. They get cheques, not checks.