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articles · Copyright Development in Brazil
25/9/2008 20:17 · 20 votes · no comments
Even though the 1830 Brazilian Criminal Code – enforced eight years after the country became independent from Portugal – foresaw the crime of copyright infringement , the first Brazilian law specifically aimed at authorial protection was the 1898 Law no. 496, also referred as Medeiros e Albuquerque Law, in honor of its author.
Until the advent of that law, in Brazil, intellectual...
articles · Social Network Platforms in Brazil: The Videolog Case
24/4/2008 16:37 · 32 votes · 2 comments
Nine months before YouTube's launching, another online videos service was being born: Videolog.tv, a Brazilian website that was built on an open business model. Mostly used by people connected to local young urban cultures, like skaters, filmmakers and Parkour practitioners, Videolog is now increasing the bet it has always placed on community issues.
Actually, they do prefer...
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calendar· 2nd Preparatory Seminar for IGF - Internet Governance Forum
6/9/2007 11:10 · no comments
"Who governates -- and how is governed -- the Internet as we know?"
* Rights and freedom on the Internet * Physical infrastructure, network neutrality and interconnection costs * Logical infrastructure * Privacy *
The 2nd Preparatory Seminar for Internet Governance Forum (IGF) will gather experts together in a debate on the themes related above. Those topics are some of the...
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articles · Olympic Ideals & Trademark Practice
by Francis Deblauwe · voted on 6/10/2008 01:27 · 17 votes · 1 comment
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) organizes the Summer and Winter Olympic Games. That also entails promoting the Olympic ideals of international co-operation and the like. Lately, these competitions have become gigantic in scale and expense. While there were only 241 participants (14 countries) in the first Olympics in Athens (1896), the Beijing Summer Olympics had 10,500...
resources · Jessica Powell: iSummit '08 Keynote Address
by debluke · voted on 18/9/2008 03:07 · 13 votes · no comments
Building connections in the Literacy Community
Many believe that the Internet can play an important role in promoting literacy and education efforts worldwide. It was with that aim that Google, LitCam, and UNESCO's Institute for Lifelong Learning launched The Literacy Project, which provides a platform through which literacy organisations and teachers can connect and share best...
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articles · No one needs to die of HIV/Aids any more – in theory
by Tobias Schonwetter · commented on 8/2/2008 23:16 · 29 votes · 2 comments
This month, iCommons’ resident copyright columnist, Tobias Schonwetter, deals with the interrelation between access to medicine and HIV/Aids. He argues that patent law appears to be the crucial area of law in this respect but suggests that the role of copyright law should not be underestimated.
South Africa has clearly become a home-away-from-home for me over the last couple...
articles · Brazilian Limitations and Exceptions to Copyright: Impacts on A2K
by Paula Martini · commented on 1/12/2007 04:06 · 48 votes · 2 comments
The majority of Brazilians simply do not know much about copyright. The Brazilian population in general knows that copyright exists, but actual copyright rules are not well recognized. When asked to take a guess if a certain act of reproduction is against the law, many Brazilian nationals would probably give a correct answer, but actual knowledge of the law – its text and possible...
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