The Professional Musicians Union of Rio de Janeiro, the Brazilian Association of Independent Music (ABMI), and 130 Brazilian musicians, composers and artists have written the Minister of Culture. The letter urges the government to find a third way out of the copyright reform deadlock, which ensures payment of creators, but which does not criminalize end user downloading. It also calls for the creation of a body within the MOC to focus specifically on music.
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April 30, 2012
Creative Commons Endorses “Ongoing Efforts to Reform Copyright Law to Strengthen Users’ Rights and Expand the Public Domain”
October 21, 2013
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