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Brazil?s Discussion On Copyright Law Reform – Response To The Digital Era?

By Intellectual Property Watch

Brazil is actively engaged in a cutting-edge debate over reform of its copyright law, involving issues such as the abuse of copyright holders and constructive exceptions in the law (like copying for education and/or transformative purposes and authorisation to copy by libraries and museums to preserve their works). But the government needs to hear from all interested parties - especially the artists - and avoid letting the debate transform into a political-ideological discussion, writes Brazilian lawyer Manuela Correia Botelho Colombo.

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Full post as published by Intellectual Property Watch on July 15, 2010 (boomark / email).