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Brazil Forbids DRM On the Public Domain

Posted by kdawson on from the what-they-said dept.

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."

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  1. In Soviet Brazil by mjwx · · Score: 5, Funny

    Copyright laws work for the good of the people

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    Calling someone a "hater" only means you can not rationally rebut their argument.
  2. "What a funny turned upside down world." by circletimessquare · · Score: 4, Funny

    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

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    intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
  3. Re:is a / has a test by HungryHobo · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just remember you have to call wait(568024668000) before doing anything with your new Brazilian.