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		<title>Brazilian collection society under scrutiny</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 09:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Brazilian music public performance collection society – ECAD – is under heavy fire. In June, 2011 a Congressional Investigation at the Brazilian Senate was triggered to investigate several alleged frauds by ECAD. The investigation started after several complaints regarding &#8230; <a href="http://entertainmentlawbrazil.com.br/2012/05/02/brazilian-collection-society-under-scrutiny/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=entertainmentlawbrazil.com.br&amp;blog=12704861&amp;post=1010&amp;subd=entertainmentlawbrazil&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tax news is always bad news – CIDE apparently is applicable to copyrights</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 22:29:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I believe it is a universal truth that taxes are never reduced or eliminated. In the year 2000, Brazil instituted a new tax called CIDE (acronym for “Contribution of Intervention in the Economic Domain”) which would be levied upon payments &#8230; <a href="http://entertainmentlawbrazil.com.br/2012/04/20/tax-news-is-always-bad-news-cide-apparently-is-applicable-to-copyrights/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=entertainmentlawbrazil.com.br&amp;blog=12704861&amp;post=1002&amp;subd=entertainmentlawbrazil&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2 years old: still young but going strong!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Apr 2012 07:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our first post was published exactly two years ago and our blog still exists. That is a feat in itself, considering the little time we had to invest on it. But the feedback we have had has been so great &#8230; <a href="http://entertainmentlawbrazil.com.br/2012/04/07/2-years-old-still-young-but-going-strong/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=entertainmentlawbrazil.com.br&amp;blog=12704861&amp;post=993&amp;subd=entertainmentlawbrazil&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Special Congressional Commission created to discuss the Brazilian Internet Bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 07:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last March 28, the House of Representatives of the Brazilian Congress created a Special Commission to discuss the Internet Bill. I have already made my brief comments about the bill here when I reported it had been sent to Congress &#8230; <a href="http://entertainmentlawbrazil.com.br/2012/04/03/congressional-special-commission-created-to-discuss-the-brazilian-internet-bill/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=entertainmentlawbrazil.com.br&amp;blog=12704861&amp;post=983&amp;subd=entertainmentlawbrazil&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Definition of words in a dictionary v freedom of speech: when worlds collide.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 23:39:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Brazilian Federal Public Ministry filed a civil public complaint in the end of February aiming at the removal from the market of one of the most renowned and important dictionaries in Brazil – Houaiss Dictionary  - under the argument &#8230; <a href="http://entertainmentlawbrazil.com.br/2012/03/30/definition-of-words-in-a-dictionary-v-freedom-of-speech-when-worlds-collide/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=entertainmentlawbrazil.com.br&amp;blog=12704861&amp;post=972&amp;subd=entertainmentlawbrazil&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ban of supposedly violent and offensive games: game over!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 07:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the end of February, Bill 170/06 proposed by Congressman Valdir Raupp from PMDB and which aimed at prohibiting the manufacture, importation and distribution of offensive games in Brazil, was removed from the Senate by its own proponent. In an &#8230; <a href="http://entertainmentlawbrazil.com.br/2012/03/19/ban-of-supposedly-violent-and-offensive-games-game-over/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=entertainmentlawbrazil.com.br&amp;blog=12704861&amp;post=962&amp;subd=entertainmentlawbrazil&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>No soup for you! Content creators and owners left starving for concrete measures to protect rights on the internet</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 07:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an update to our post here, we inform our readers that Congressman Walter Feldman has requested the withdrawal of the so-called Brazilian SOPA bill, which will no longer be voted, at least not for the time being. According to &#8230; <a href="http://entertainmentlawbrazil.com.br/2012/03/16/no-soup-for-you-content-creators-and-owners-left-starving-for-concrete-measures-to-protect-rights-on-the-internet/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=entertainmentlawbrazil.com.br&amp;blog=12704861&amp;post=958&amp;subd=entertainmentlawbrazil&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What’s in a name? State Court of Rio de Janeiro clarified the protection afforded to titles of works of authorship</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 10:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In comparison with more mundane matters such as consumer complaints against vendors, landlord and tenants disputes or business related matters, copyright cases are still relatively rare for local judges. Even within the realm of copyright cases, the vast majority is &#8230; <a href="http://entertainmentlawbrazil.com.br/2012/03/15/whats-in-a-name-state-court-of-rio-de-janeiro-clarified-the-protection-afforded-to-titles-of-works-of-authorship/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=entertainmentlawbrazil.com.br&amp;blog=12704861&amp;post=929&amp;subd=entertainmentlawbrazil&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>YouTube, blogs, ECAD, streaming and public performance in Brazil. What a mess!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 18:40:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, a debate has grown after blog Caligraffiti complained about invoices for public performance fees for embedding Youtube videos sent by ECAD, the Central Office for Collection and Distribution of Public Performance Rights in Brazil. The debate has motivated &#8230; <a href="http://entertainmentlawbrazil.com.br/2012/03/13/you-tube-blogs-ecad-streaming-and-public-performance-in-brazil-what-a-mess/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=entertainmentlawbrazil.com.br&amp;blog=12704861&amp;post=939&amp;subd=entertainmentlawbrazil&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Brazilian SOPA: Content Creators and Owners Have Not Been Forgotten</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 15:31:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week a bill (PL 3336/2012) was proposed by Congressman Walter Feldman from PSDB aiming to curb the widespread violation of copyright on the Internet. The Bill was clearly inspired by similar legislative efforts in other countries and provides &#8230; <a href="http://entertainmentlawbrazil.com.br/2012/03/09/the-brazilian-sopa-content-creators-and-owners-have-not-beenforgotten/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=entertainmentlawbrazil.com.br&amp;blog=12704861&amp;post=922&amp;subd=entertainmentlawbrazil&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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