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Brazilian Government Intranet Packed Full of Warez

Posted by samzenpus on from the do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do dept.

Luiz writes "TorrentFreak has an hilarious report: 'Since 2005, a Brazilian senator has been pushing for tough new "cybercrime" legislation which would include measures against file-sharing. However, before thinking of unleashing new laws on the public, the government should look closer to home, since the senate's intranet is loaded with an impressive amount of warez.'"

11 comments

  1. Surprised? by EkriirkE · · Score: 1

    Anti pedophilia leaders are heavy pedophiles themselves. Anti gay legislators are closeted raging homosexuals.

    Positions of power are "Do as I say, not as I do."

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  2. not surprising by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    brazil is dirt poor and all software is pirated, all hardware is knockoff, everything is counterfeit

  3. US Senate, anyone? by h00manist · · Score: 1

    I'd love to see what happens on the computers of various other "prestigious" network owners, too.

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  4. !surprising by tecnico.hitos · · Score: 1

    I Am Not A Statistician, but I Am A Brazilian and I'd say 90% of every software in Brazil is either pre-installed or warez. Or pre-installed warez depending on where you buy your PC.

    On the other side Brazil's government is working (slowly but steadily) on a transition to FLOSS.

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    1. Re:!surprising by Abreu · · Score: 1

      Same here in Mexico... And I would assume its the same all over the developing world

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    2. Re:!surprising by keeboo · · Score: 1

      I Am Not A Statistician, but I Am A Brazilian and I'd say 90% of every software in Brazil is either pre-installed or warez. Or pre-installed warez depending on where you buy your PC.

      That's possible. Though the computers you buy in the supermarkets come with a legitimate Windows license.

      On the other side Brazil's government is working (slowly but steadily) on a transition to FLOSS.

      Well, sort of.

      The truth is the federal gov't is doing pretty much nothing about FOSS (unless you count empty rethoric as "doing something").
      Basically, all about FOSS inside the federal administration sphere has been pushed through independent initiatives inside the administration, with no special help nor federal-wide strategy.

      Our president and his party, while in their pre-power opposition days, champaigned for FOSS and all that stuff. But they basically did nothing about after they came to power.
      There was a person years ago (a federal deputy?) who started to question the legality of tieing software purchases to Windows/MS-Office, since those are products developed by a single company (technically that goes against the Federal Law 8.666/93, but it seems that nobody cares).
      Well, that guy was persecuted by Microsoft Brasil (if I recall correctly) for some unfounded reason (the case was dimissed I guess) and he fell in disgrace just afterwards.
      Funny thing is that just few months later Steve Ballmer came to Brazil and had direct talks with our president.

    3. Re:!surprising by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Same here in Mexico... And I would assume its the same all over the developing world

      Hey beaner, I paid you to mow my lawn not post on slashdot. When you come back make sue to bring your sister. I'm hungry for her taco.

    4. Re:!surprising by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      chinga a tu puta madre, pinche troll de mierda