Brazil Forbids DRM On the Public Domain 258
nunojsilva writes "Cory Doctorow reports that the Brazilian equivalent of DMCA explicitly forbids using DRM-like techniques on works in the public domain. 'Brazil has just created the best-ever implementation of WCT [WIPO Copyright Treaty]. In Brazil's version of the law, you can break DRM without breaking the law, provided you're not also committing a copyright violation.' This means that, unlike the US, where it is illegal to break DRM, in Brazil it is illegal to break the public domain."
In Soviet Brazil (Score:5, Funny)
"What a funny turned upside down world." (Score:5, Funny)
yes, brazil is in the southern hemisphere (mostly)
this is their map they share with the other antipodeans:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Blank-map-world-south-up.png [wikimedia.org]
Re:In Soviet Brazil (Score:3, Funny)
*sips coffee*
I hope that's Brazilian and not Java
Re:Fascinating (Score:4, Funny)
Next time you're trying to talk up Brazil, maybe avoid the part where they help facilitate Iran getting its hands on enriched uranium
Re:is a / has a test (Score:5, Funny)
Just remember you have to call wait(568024668000) before doing anything with your new Brazilian.
Re:is a / has a test (Score:2, Funny)
Re:is a / has a test (Score:3, Funny)
I thought I had to call
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