Category Archives: Copyright in Brazil
Carnival is over but the parade of bills to change the Brazilian Copyright Act does not stop
My last post was about a new bill that wants to profoundly change the Brazilian Copyright Act (to the worse, in my view). However, I found that a less ambitious – but still very troubling – bill was introduced last … Continue reading
ALERT: Another Bill Wants to Change the Brazilian Copyright Act
If you read this blog, you know I follow closely the development of the pre-bill of Copyright Act which is currently being analyzed by the Civil House of the President of the Republic for possible remittance to Congress. However, apparently, … Continue reading
Thoughts: The Edge of The “It Fashion”
Last December, São Paulo hosted a Fashion event directed to lawyers/Law students and fashionistas. In general, the seminar presented situations where fashion and law interacts in many aspects, and also put emblematic cases under discussion. Indeed, fashion faces a paradox … Continue reading
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The Third Version of the Pre-Draft Bill of the Brazilian Copyright Law is Unofficially Out
Although the Ministry of Culture is still silent regarding the status of the bill of Copyright Law, we were provided with a copy of the new text of the bill that was allegedly sent to the Civil House. Though this … Continue reading
Bill of Copyright Law sent to the Civil House?
The last news I had about the status of the bill of Copyright Law was that it was under discussion before the Interministerial Group of Intellectual Property, a natural step after the final draft of the bill was elaborated by … Continue reading
The Ministry of Justice finally sent the Internet Bill to Congress: is this good or bad?
According to the Ministry of Justice’s website, the so called Civil Regulatory Mark for the Internet in Brazil was sent to Congress yesterday. The Internet Bill received number 2,126/11 and it is currently following the procedures of the House of … Continue reading
The Ministry of Culture disclosed its schedule for the further revision of the draft-bill of Copyright Act
As commented here, the Ministry of Culture was going to reveal a plan for further possible comments on the second version of the draft bill of Copyright Act. Well, as an Easter Egg, the plan was revealed last night and, … Continue reading
No right of publicity claim possible when a duty to give credit exists
The Court of Appeals of the State of Rio de Janeiro has recently decided that there can be no liability under a right of publicity type claim when a duty to give credit exists. In the interest of transparency I … Continue reading
The first 365 days
Our little blog project is already one year old since our firstpost. Time really flies.We had a very busy 12 months but we would not be here, still writing this blog if it were not for you, our readers. You have … Continue reading
Ministry of Culture finally reveals the revised text of the pre-bill of Copyright Act
Ana de Hollanda, the new Minister of Culture, has been proving to be an incredible asset to the Ministry of Culture. The prior policy of the Ministry of Culture was to say everything was very transparent while, in reality, it … Continue reading
