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My Completely Unsolicited Comments on The SOPA and PIPA Issue

Pied Piper of Hamelin. Illustrations by Kate Greenaway (1846-1901)Now that the “internet outrage” over SOPA and PIPA has apparently subsided at least a little, I would like to make a couple of comments about it, looking from a Brazilian perspective.

However, I will start quoting the title of the article Duff McKagan, bassist of the original Guns N’ Roses band, wrote at the Seattle Weekly. He brilliantly summarized the whole situation and I happen to agree with him wholeheartedly: “Quit whining about SOPA and PIPA. Where’s the public outrage over internet piracy?” Continue reading

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Moral Damages Awarded for Lack of Clearence of Secondary Characther in Book Based on True Story

The book “MEU NOME NÃO É JONHNY” is based on the life story of João Guilherme Estrela, an upper middle class young guy, who goes from drug user to a relatively famous drug dealer and is finally arrested spending years in prison.

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Artist is prohibited from displaying artwork containing altered photo of former Big Brother participant

Privacy and publicity (in Brazil “direito de imagem”) rights disputes are already controversial but a new dispute in Brazil is including artistic expression in the mix.

The renowned Museum of Modern Art of São Paulo (MAM-SP) has prohibited the exhibition of the work named “FANI DARK” from the Brazilian artist Alexandre Vogler. Continue reading

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