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Brazil Forbids DRM On the Public Domain
nunojsilva writes "Cory Doctorow reports that the Brazilian equivalent of DMCA explicitly forbids using DRM-like techniques on works in the public domain. 'Brazil has just created the best-ever implementation of WCT [WIPO Copyright Treaty]. In Brazil's version of the law, you can break DRM without breaking the law, provided you're not also committing a copyright violation.' This means that, unlike the US, where it is illegal to break DRM, in Brazil it is illegal to break the public domain."
Copyright laws work for the good of the people
Calling someone a "hater" only means you can not rationally rebut their argument.
yes, brazil is in the southern hemisphere (mostly)
this is their map they share with the other antipodeans:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Blank-map-world-south-up.png
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
Next time you're trying to talk up Brazil, maybe avoid the part where they help facilitate Iran getting its hands on enriched uranium
... still waiting for this free-as-in-beer free beer I keep hearing about.
Just remember you have to call wait(568024668000) before doing anything with your new Brazilian.
I was assuming he'd import her.
I thought I had to call
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