Miguel Said Vieira
= Brazilian Free Culture advocate
Bio
"I'm a Brazilian researcher and activist in the field of free knowledge and culture.
Since 2008 I'm preparing a thesis on the subject of
‘Intellectual commons and commodification’, at the University of
São Paulo (Education Faculty, department of Philosophy of
Education). I have graduated in Communications (minor:
Publishing) and Philosophy, both also at the University of São
Paulo, and have a specialization degree on intellectual property
management (from a course promoted by UBV, SAPI and OCPI —
respectively: Bolivarian University of Venezuela, and the
Venezuelan and Cuban intellectual property offices). I have
published some texts on the subjects of intellectual property
and, more recently, collaborative production, commodification
and the commons (all of them available at
<http://impropriedades.wordpress.com/artigos>); through them I
have helped to introduce the concept of intellectual commons in
Brazilian academia (along with prof. Imre Simon, with whom I
wrote two book chapters). I have also been invited to take part
in two international debates on commons: the Crottorf retreat
(Germany, 2008) and a workshop at the Summer University of
International Solidarity (France, 2010).
I'm member of Epidemia, a Brazilian collective which advocates for free knowledge and culture and keeps an eye on the intellectual property-related agenda. I'm also member of Scientiae Studia, a philosophic association focusing on science and technology. I represent Epidemia at the Science & Democracy World Forum's international secretariat, and have participated in its planning. I have also had an active role in mobilizations for the reform of Brazilian copyright law and against Projeto Azeredo, a cybercrime bill that jeopardized internet privacy."
More Information
- An "official" academic CV in Portuguese can be found here: