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[ # ] Quantum laws in Brazil, where DRM and freedom are together
September 10th, 2007 under Digital Rights, rengolin, Politics

In the country where the joke is always ready, here comes another one: Quantum Laws: In Brazil, there is no right OR wrong but right AND wrong.

According to the constitution, broadcasts must be free (as in beer AND freedom) but the minister of communications himself is trying to impose a major DRM system with national coverage that will force everyone to buy an official box where you can’t do what the constitution allows you to.

Because who is pushing this change is the government itself, they must be relying on some sort of quantum effect where you can superpose two states at the same time and still run things smoothly. Weird enough, Brazil is full of those little quirks and it’s still going… only they will find out to where a bit too late…

Sources:
icommons.org
Folha de S. Paulo (pt)
culturalivre.org.br (pt)
Andreum’s Blog

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[ # 273 ] Comment from André Uratsuka Manoel [September 10, 2007, 5:19 pm]

You are being too cynical. Yes, it is sausages all over again, but at least we can do something, get the word out and put some pressure on them and have that changed. I am putting my hopes on Gilberto Gil and all the free software people in the government to show the light.

[ # 274 ] Comment from rengolin [September 10, 2007, 6:48 pm]

We did something when Collor was impeached after such a scandal but last year he got elected to the senate with a massive 44% of the votes!

The question “Will Brazilians ever learn?” already have an answer: “They had a long ago, they just couldn’t care less”.

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