BeIR/webis-touche2020 huggingface dataset:
“There is not enough water for everyone”

It tend to agree with the UN: there is enough water for everyone. And there will be enough water for everyone. I do not dispute their evidence of a 30% decrease in 20 years time (but it sure would have been nice to get a quote) it sounds right since the population is going to grow and with it the demand for water. But this only means that the current sources of water are going to experience a decrease. This leaves out desalinization. An article on Scientific American [[http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-impacts-of-relying-on-desalination]] states: "To date there are about 300 desalinization plants in the United States, with 120 in Florida and less than 40 each in Texas and California. Some 20 additional plants are planned for the coast of California in the coming years..." It also leaves out taking the water from the air. What? From the air? Yes, there is an Israeli invention that: "works in three steps: first is the absorption of air's humidity, then the removal of water from a solid desiccant (silica based gel granules) which holds the water, and third, condensation." [[http://www.haaretz.com/news/israeli-company-creates-drinking-water-out-of-thin-air-1.256540]] Even if these alternatives didn't exist, creating a state monopoly on water would fail to magically create water and it would make fresh water sources more strained. The prop says you cannot subject water to a play of supply and demand. This leaves either giving it away or heavily subsidizing it. But when people get something for free o extremely cheap tend to use it less judiciously. Its precisely the relationship between your demand and how much you pay what make a person less wasteful. Caracas is one of the most expensive cities in South America. Except when it comes to utilities [[http://www.caracaschronicles.com/node/2432]]. Venezuelan's also use more electricity per capita than any other country except Chile. The conclusion is: "The underlying picture is clear enough: as power gets cheaper relative to other goods and services, people use power ever more recklessly". [[ http://www.caracaschronicles.com/node/2423%5D%5D So the prop. idea would cause water to be wasted, just like it happens with electricity. And since we have 20 years to create widely used and cheap alternatives, it's a good idea to reduce waste.
In some cases, luxuries can only be afford by state

Regarding this example of Afghanistan, followed by this explanation Proposition After a war, many of the corporations that provide water for the citizens suffer from the attacks and fall into disrepair and it is the government that have to provide because in many cases will be the only standing up at the very end. I don't think that the reconstruction was made at all by a) the Afghan state, but the US and b) that it was free from using Private companies in the reconstruction. [[http://www.afghanrc.com/]] It's not true that Prop. Privatization has not been a solution for promoting capacity expansion. but in any case, is the prop. saying it has been a solution for promoting other good things? I wonder. The fact that there is some resistance to privatization in some countries has no bearing on the subject of it being a good idea. And it doesn't make total state ownership a thing to do. In fact when in a country there is a small or big majority that forces all to do something, like have only one water supplier, that is called the tyranny of the masses. Of course I'm sure that if the prop. takes another look at their point they will see that it's arguing that what if everyone dislikes something it shouldn't be done. In fact it's pretty expected that if a State promises that everything will be given to you pretty much for free (if you are poor), there will be a resistance to changes in the policy. Prop says there could be employment reductions in privatization. This is only the case of jobs that prove to be unnecesary for the company. This salaries went out of tax payer's pocket, so it's great that those cuts happen. As the prop says this frees up government resources for investment.
It's great to have a supplier motivated by money OR: dollars vs. votes

The prop complains about companies being after money. I say of all the interests an entity may have in treating a user well, the best reason is money. The reason is mathematical. If a state owned water company treats a user badly (bad service, bad quality) it looses something he really cares about: votes (in the case of democracy) or maybe popularity. The thing is both democracies and dictatorships can afford to loose votes up tol a threshold of a majority or a number of people needed to overwhelm others. A democratic leader will still be in power with a small majority, which can leave out a lot of people. A dictatorship can ignore people´s needs even further (like North Korea's leader) as long as he has a monopoly of power. A company that is motivated by money and looses dollars (because of bad service, quality or too high prices) doesn't say: "well, I still have the majority with me". It's regarded as a complete loss. The CEO is fired and replaced with someone else if he shows ineptitude or contempt for profits. A bureaucrat is left on as long as he doesn't create a huge political problem for his bosses. Recently Venezuela's government inept lack of investment in the last years caused water and electricity shortages. [[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8339247.stm]] Only after Chavez felt the impending deep drop in popularity, that he felt the necessity to intervene. [[http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1960538,00.html]]
State as sole supplier is a bad idea

Monopolies have many drawbacks specially when they are state monopolies. Time after time it has been shown, with few exceptions, that when the state is the sole supplier there tends to be no choice of product, no great quality service. Competition is a great thing and a way to kill it is to have only one competitor. Innovation, in service an in technology is absent from state monopolies as well. Many governments that like centralized planning, aren’t keen on innovation, since a change in the markets can upset that same planing. In a recent comparison between the websites of leading U.S. corporations and state and national governments, the researchers concluded that: “Public sector agencies generally do not have competitors and lack sufficient incentives to learn from other agencies. As a result, public agencies are largely unable to adapt to changing circumstances and unlikely to adopt new practices.” [[www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/.../06_technology_west.pdf ]] A monopoly won’t necessarily mean that it’s a successful endeavor, just that it’s the only supplier available. People in remote places won’t be necessarily helped by a monopoly, in fact by promoting the formation of many companies besides the State, you are upping the chances that they will be covered by one.
Big government and the bad state owned and the bad private owned water companies.

Not all state owned are terrible at providing water (Canada seems to be quite content, despite recently having in Walkerton "Seven people dead. More than 2,300 people sick. More than 64 million dollars in hard costs" [[http://environment.probeinternational.org/publications/water-and-wastewater/socialists-are-all-wet-why-privatizing-water-utilities-good-public]]. Not all private companies are are perfect about it eather, when a State owned company is bad the SQ is worse if there are no alternatives. It's possible for a privately owned company (BP) to do bad things. So, you ask: if there are examples of both being sometimes bad, isn't it better to at least choose the state, because they really, really have the citizen's interest at heart instead of money? In short, nope. There are two reasons why not. First, it´s numerically more common for countries where there is a bias for state ownership and control of water to have sub-par service and quality of water. In a study of the historical performance of public monopolies[[http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.19.6087]] it was found that George Clarke And , George R. G. Clarke , Scott J. Wallsten The results demonstrate the massive failure of state monopolies to provide service to poor and rural households everywhere except Eastern Europe. This is because of a myriad of factors, some I have explained already, as innovation, lack of interest as long as they can continue in power, wasteful hiring practices, and the harm of subsidized prices causing wasteful consumers. In most Secondly, everything that goes badly both with state and private water companies in the SQ is related to big government, so to add to it's size by making it the owner and supplier of the water is a mistake. When a state owned goes bad its because government has the power to use water like a political pawn, as I explained in a previous point. Or because the public gets bad quality and can't compare because lack of competition. When a private water company does bad things it's caused by protectionism policies. The BP disaster gives us an example. BP is protected by the US government, in the sense that there is a negociated ammount of how much BP would pay for each gallon of oil leaked into the Gulf. BP knew that there was a top on how much it would have to pay, and probably decided to take the risk since the price 25 $, isn't as high. I say this is shameful. If victims of BP should have been able to sue for whatever they though was fair, and a jury would decide on it. Instead BP lobbyist agreed beforehand with the government on a cap. When a private actor feels protected by a government that works with lobbies and interest groups, it feels it can do as it pleases. When a smaller company can't compete because a bigger one has a lobbyist the problem is big government. But, you ask, who will care then. Who will be there to ensure the quality and accsess to water_? Tho see that there is choice and a fair market? The consumer. He should have the power to choose.
“There is not enough water for everyone”

In 2006, the United nations report stated that “there is enough water for everyone” but the World Water Assessment Program indicates that, in the next 20 years, the quantity of water available to everyone is predicted to decrease by 30% . What this means is that water in a finite resource and one cannot play with supply and demand with something as important as water. Privatize water would be like privatize air. We need them equally and the state should provide enough for everyone.
Copy Protection and DRM Actively Restrict Important Rights

Firstly, we have few notes about your definition and plan. We consider “fair use” as an usage of copyrighted works for non-profit goals, as the general definition says too. And with your US DMCA you include criticism and news reporting as a part of the Fair Use, but it is clear that those actions are not non-profit. And if someone’s making money based on my effort, time and money spend, why shouldn’t I get some credits and profit too? Where’s the fairness in that? In addition, the motion clearly says fair use for individuals, but in your example of system individuals aren’t included, but institutions, like schools, newspapers etc. Maybe the person who uses them is an individual but in the benefit of the company that the person works. In addition, the control over a massive number of individuals, whether they use it fair or not, is hardly possible. Secondly, you’re connection between the freedom of speech and IP doesn’t exist at all. Right at the moment when you stated that someone CAN make public comment on someone’s copyrighted work, but with the exception of actual using of it (without visualization or similar), you are saying that the opinion can be brought up just with lack of effectiveness. Even if the right of free speech is broken, don’t you break the IP rights? As we know every right can be fulfilled as long as another right isn’t broken? Think a little bit of the other side. And last, about the example with the students and the teacher, it isn’t relevant at all with the fact that the school and the Ministry of education are responsible to provide them with the required material. All in all, where’s the motivation and credit for the creator of the work? The IPR are the thing that make someone think of something, put the effort in that and then get what is deserved. They are the starter of any progression in the society. And if someone’s willing to give up from the benefit it could be done and will distribute it to whoever want
No reasons for changes in the Status Quo

Side opp is reiterating a lot of its points here and not providing any uniquely new analysis. Bypassing copyright protection technologies is nothing new. In fact, copy protection schemes seldom work, and often music, games and movies are pirated and become available even before official release dates[[http://bit.ly/5aFKHd]]. The individual tracking of these products is also nothing new. Copyright protection technologies such as SecuROM[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SecuROM]] make use of the unique positioning of the data on each CD to verify that it is the original. This has even proven easy to bypass, as the game Spore utilized this technology and has been downloaded illegally almost 2 million times. What this shows is that the pirates will never be defeated technologically, and no digital media that can be read will ever be secure from copying. The only solution to piracy is aggressive litigation and prosecution of pirates. Prop's plan does nothing to impede this. As mentioned in two of side prop's points, these copy protection technologies pose a significant security risk. This point has been well developed and never adequately responded to. Side opp's only argument is that copyright holders have a 'right' to do this. Side prop believes that copyright holders should never be allowed to subvert their customers' computers to serve their own interests, nor should they be able to threaten legal actions against those who remove this software to secure their system. Furthermore, as we have mentioned throughout, our case does not do anything to prevent the prosecution of people who bypass copyright protections for malicious purposes, we merely make it legal for individuals to bypass copy protection if they are conforming to Fair Use standards. The tightening of laws by the EU through measures such as the Anticounterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) has nothing to do with public opposition to Fair Use and everything to do with corporate lobbying.
Clarifies a Blurry Line Regarding the Legality of Fair Use

Firstly we like to emphasize that we do not agree with your state that there is a blurry line between legal and illegal uses of IP. The line is more than clear with the existing laws. People are well familiar if not with the DMCA itself but with the fact that any kind of breaking the copyright laws will have legal consequences. After all just because an individual is not familiar with a certain law doesn’t mean that we should abolish the law. In Copyright Act part 13 Protection of original designs] it’s clearly pointed out the way a copyright work can be used. [[http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap13.pdf]] In order to keep the copyright work and at the same time encourage the author to keep producing some quality works of art, these laws must be reserved. For example, just like the customer in the supermarket must pays for the products he likes, he also has to pay for the music he listens or the media he uses. He is not allowed by law to make profit from someone else’s work- this is the main fixation that these copyright acts protect. In our opinion there is no need of a new plan because the existing one works well. In your plan you are missing out a big point and focusing on some meaningless matters. The point on which we should retain is stopping the piracy, not supporting it and spreading it by letting individuals to legally bypass copyrights. Bypassing itself it’s illegal, and just because there is ‘legal’ in front of it, doesn’t justifies it. Your idea is great, but it is just an illusion because you haven’t pointed out who and how your process is going to be monitored. After all there isn’t an existing way of controlling individuals actions and their idea of using the products that they will get. Nobody can guarantee that these products won’t be abused. That’s why we think that the point on which we should focus is on finding a way to stop piracy, not supporting it and spreading it by letting individuals to bypass copyrights.
Establishes a Clear Brightline in Favor of Data Freedom

Yes, your whole “data freedom utopia” is great, but unfortunately we aren’t here to debate about that. And what’s with the whole talk about the internet? Throughout this point of yours, you mention everything, except the real reasons why should it be allowed for an INDIVIDUAL to bypass the copyrighted technology and for which means. Also, there’s no law against targeted marketing so what’s the fuss? Nevertheless, it’s on the users choice whether to use the Internet and in which ways. Another thing is about the rights of the holder. How can you say that copyright doesn’t grant control use, when the holder decides under which terms his/her work will be used and why is this so wrong? And in your whole case you don’t mention how the INDIVIDUALS are controlled whether they use it fair or not. And your “perfect” DMCA says “an exception that permits nonprofit libraries, archives and educational institutions…” Are those INDIVIDUALS? Another thing that’s we have to emphasize is that your whole case is built on “common sense” theories that can’t be denied, such as quoting etc. and that as far we all know is allowed and by that you are defending your status quo (not good) and also you didn’t gave us anything new that doesn’t exists. Nevertheless, even if that system works in your society, which is based on “case on case” trials, it doesn’t guaranties that it will work in other kinds of society. Copyrighted works are licensed on territorial basis and some jurisdictions also recognize moral rights of creators, such as the right to be credited for the work. Just to be clear, Copyright are exclusive rights granted to the author or creator of an original work, including the right to copy, distribute and adapt the work. As if we don’t have enough piracy so there’s a need to legalize it.
Proposition Summation

In this round, side Proposition critically examined the issue of copy-protection by arguing that there should be exemptions from laws banning the circumvention of copy-protection measures in the case of Fair Use. We elected to use the U.S. DMCA as a test case and model for worldwide policy. Our conception of Fair Use was based on U.S. law. The specific laws we reference are in the U.S., but the concepts are global. We have demonstrated that there are several circumstances where significant social benefit could be gained by allowing copy-protection software to be bypassed for Fair Use. We feel that the cause of art is enhanced by allowing artists free reign to sample, quote and re-imagine existing artwork, with appropriate citation and recognition. We feel that the cause of education can be advanced by allowing students to include elements of media in presentations. Perhaps the greatest benefit is in the area of computer security, where copy protection software can, inadvertently or intentionally, become a vehicle for viruses, trojans or other malicious software. Many examples exist where programmers who had discovered vulnerabilities caused by copy-protection or Digital Rights Management software but could not publicize or fix the flaws due to threats of prosecution for violating copy protection. Beyond the immediate, tangible benefits, we see this issue as symptomatic of a larger ideological struggle about the future of the internet. Corporate interests behave as if their right to profit is of greater importance than the right of a person to full use of property they have legally paid for. We on side Prop stand firmly on the side of the consumer. We do not dispute an author's exclusive right to profit from their work, however we do not feel that a person's backup copies, a critic's quotation or an artist's mash-up uniquely deny the author profit and Opp has not provided anything beyond assertions as to why it would. Side Opp appears to have either misunderstood the stance of the proposition or chosen not to engage with it. The overwhelming majority of their argumentation supports the idea that IP protection is a good thing. We on the Prop agree, however side Opp needed to explain how the Fair Use exception to copy protection laws critically undermines IP protection. Pirates can still be sued or prosecuted, digital watermarks can still be included in media and companies can still attempt to prevent their media from being copied. Prop's plan simply says that as far as Fair Use is concerned, the rights of the consumer outweigh the rights of the publisher. Opp has never articulated a situation in which Fair Use denies an author significant profit. They have not described how copy-protection software uniquely foils pirates; thousands of pirated movies on the web say that it does no such thing. Opp has ultimately shown no significant harm in Prop's advocacy. Without such harm, the clear benefits of our plan call for a Proposition ballot.
Fair use can be misused

It is well known that fair use means usage of copyrighted work for non – profit goals. But there still isn’t a known mechanism that controls whether someone uses the copyrighted work for fair reasons. With such a big number of internet users, it seems impossible to supervise every single download. If individuals can’t be controlled, that will lead to misuse of the IP rights. If there is a misuse of the IP rights, there might become some problems in the whole society: First of all, intellectual property provides survival to many individuals in the society, which means, if IP rights are misused, those individuals who educated themselves and put everything in their work just to create something that would be beneficial for them, will not take the credit for their own hard work and they will not have any benefits just because some other individuals misused their IP rights. Also, misusing the IP rights demotivates the creators. If IP rights are misused, the creators will be demotivated and will not continue creating new things, because they will not have the benefits of their work. So when creators stop making new products, there will be no innovations, no new products on the market, non – increasing economy and no progress in the society at all. To summarise the argument, the opposition thinks that individuals can not be controlled if they use those IP rights for fair use reasons or not, many of them can misuse the IP rights and this would lead to a total mess in the whole society system of any country.