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Re:Portugal Bans Use of DRM to Limit Access to Public Domain... by rspeer on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @09:45AM (#15541446)
When you say "relative majority", do you mean a plurality (50% or less, so not a majority, but more than any other party), or is this situation more complicated than it seems?
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Re:Portugal Bans Use of DRM to Limit Access to Public Domain... by sergiosgc on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @09:57AM (#15541518)
It's a plurality. "Relative majority" is a direct translation from the Portuguese expression "maioria relativa" .
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Re:Portugal Bans Use of DRM to Limit Access to Public Domain... by icebraining on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @10:13AM (#15541659)
Curiously, I actually searched for the term rather than directly translate. Seems it's (at least somewhat) used in the UK, even if not in the US.
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Re:Portugal Bans Use of DRM to Limit Access to Public Domain... by tftfmacedo on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @09:56AM (#15541509)
The right wing party (actually a coalition of 2 right wing "mainstream" parties) was the most voted party but fell way short of a majority (they control 102 seats out of 230) and failed to get parliamentary support.
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