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"'''Brazil is at the forefront of a new movement challenging established Intellectual Property regimes in a variety of ways. In the past it has negotiated international conventions on drug patents to make HIV/AIDS medication available at cheaper prices. More recently, it has been promoting Open Source software to decrease dependency on proprietary software. Given the tradition of a vibrant popular culture, especially music, Brazil is also embracing Creative Commons, an alternative copyright framework, which encourages the sharing and distribution of cultural works. In this context it is building the "Canto Livre" project; an archive and collaborative production platform on the Internet to produce and make music available to the world. Here again Brazil challenges established market forces.''' Music distribution, like the pharmaceutical sector or the computer and software market, is dominated by US and European companies. In addition, Brazil and Argentina were the proponents of a new agenda for the World Intellectual Property Organization, seeking to promote a more balanced international regime on Intellectual Property vis a vis the pursuit of development." | "'''Brazil is at the forefront of a new movement challenging established Intellectual Property regimes in a variety of ways. In the past it has negotiated international conventions on drug patents to make HIV/AIDS medication available at cheaper prices. More recently, it has been promoting Open Source software to decrease dependency on proprietary software. Given the tradition of a vibrant popular culture, especially music, Brazil is also embracing Creative Commons, an alternative copyright framework, which encourages the sharing and distribution of cultural works. In this context it is building the "Canto Livre" project; an archive and collaborative production platform on the Internet to produce and make music available to the world. Here again Brazil challenges established market forces.''' Music distribution, like the pharmaceutical sector or the computer and software market, is dominated by US and European companies. In addition, Brazil and Argentina were the proponents of a new agenda for the World Intellectual Property Organization, seeking to promote a more balanced international regime on Intellectual Property vis a vis the pursuit of development." | ||
(Source = http://www.brazil.ox.ac.uk/) | (Source = http://www.brazil.ox.ac.uk/) | ||
'''Links provided by Karla Brunet''' karla@karlabrunet.com | |||
This is a collection of links to the P2P-related media activists in Brazil, received from a very kind and enthusiastic scholar-activist I met at the Budapest Re-Activism conference. I did not check the links, most are in Portuguese, but they might be of interest to some of you. More information can be obtained by email from Karla herself. | |||
Links: Midia Tática Brasil http://www.midiatatica.org; AutoLabs http://autolabs.midiatatica.org/ ; Digitofagia http://www.midiatatica.org/wakka/wakka.php?wakka=DigitoIngles; IP://Interface' Pública http://midiatatica.org/ip/; Recicle1Político http://recicle1politico.tk/ and http://www.midiatatica.org/wakka/wakka.php?wakka=Recicle1Politico | |||
Colab http://www.colab.info/; Conversê http://converse.org.br/ | |||
MetaReciclagem | |||
http://www.metareciclagem.com.br/wiki/index.php/MetaReciclagem | |||
http://xango.metareciclagem.org and http://xango.metareciclagem.org/wiki/index.php/ConecTaz | |||
Sampa: http://www.sampa.org; Radio livre http://www.radiolivre.org/, http://www.radiolivre.org/node/950 | |||
Re:combo http://www.recombo.art.br/ and http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/4234 | |||
Novae http://www.novae.inf.br/: Contra TV, http://www.contratv.net/; MetaONG http://www.metaong.info | |||
Linkania - The Hyperconected Multitude By Hernani Dimantas, | |||
http://www.nettime.org/Lists-Archives/nettime-l-0508/msg00041.html | |||
Revision as of 10:47, 28 February 2006
"Brazil is at the forefront of a new movement challenging established Intellectual Property regimes in a variety of ways. In the past it has negotiated international conventions on drug patents to make HIV/AIDS medication available at cheaper prices. More recently, it has been promoting Open Source software to decrease dependency on proprietary software. Given the tradition of a vibrant popular culture, especially music, Brazil is also embracing Creative Commons, an alternative copyright framework, which encourages the sharing and distribution of cultural works. In this context it is building the "Canto Livre" project; an archive and collaborative production platform on the Internet to produce and make music available to the world. Here again Brazil challenges established market forces. Music distribution, like the pharmaceutical sector or the computer and software market, is dominated by US and European companies. In addition, Brazil and Argentina were the proponents of a new agenda for the World Intellectual Property Organization, seeking to promote a more balanced international regime on Intellectual Property vis a vis the pursuit of development."
(Source = http://www.brazil.ox.ac.uk/)
Links provided by Karla Brunet karla@karlabrunet.com
This is a collection of links to the P2P-related media activists in Brazil, received from a very kind and enthusiastic scholar-activist I met at the Budapest Re-Activism conference. I did not check the links, most are in Portuguese, but they might be of interest to some of you. More information can be obtained by email from Karla herself.
Links: Midia Tática Brasil http://www.midiatatica.org; AutoLabs http://autolabs.midiatatica.org/ ; Digitofagia http://www.midiatatica.org/wakka/wakka.php?wakka=DigitoIngles; IP://Interface' Pública http://midiatatica.org/ip/; Recicle1Político http://recicle1politico.tk/ and http://www.midiatatica.org/wakka/wakka.php?wakka=Recicle1Politico
Colab http://www.colab.info/; Conversê http://converse.org.br/
MetaReciclagem http://www.metareciclagem.com.br/wiki/index.php/MetaReciclagem http://xango.metareciclagem.org and http://xango.metareciclagem.org/wiki/index.php/ConecTaz
Sampa: http://www.sampa.org; Radio livre http://www.radiolivre.org/, http://www.radiolivre.org/node/950
Re:combo http://www.recombo.art.br/ and http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/4234
Novae http://www.novae.inf.br/: Contra TV, http://www.contratv.net/; MetaONG http://www.metaong.info
Linkania - The Hyperconected Multitude By Hernani Dimantas, http://www.nettime.org/Lists-Archives/nettime-l-0508/msg00041.html