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On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 4:20 PM, Felipe Fonseca <felipefonseca@???>
wrote:
> stupid 'data-security-corporations-lobby'-funded brasilian senator
> who already tried twice is coming back again. so much for the
> 'open source nation' :P
>
> http://www.boingboing.net/2008/07/04/terrible-new-brazili.html
>
> Terrible new Brazilian Internet law proposal will criminalize
> brazillions of people
>
> Posted by Cory Doctorow, July 4, 2008 7:42 AM | permalink
> Pedro sez, "Brazil is about to pass possibly the strictest legilation
> ever regulating the internet. The bill will be voted in the next few
> days by the Brazilian Senate. Please see below the translation of the
> article published today by Folha de Sao Paulo, the largest newspaper in
> the country:"
>
> According to Ronaldo Lemos, by referring to "computer networks",
> "communication devices" and "information systems", the draft law covers
> not only computers, but also MP3 players, cell phones, DVD players,
> software systems and even digital TV set-top boxes, not to mention
> websites. Following this line of reasoning, the bill would cover even
> the act of unblocking a cell phone.
>
> The professors claim that no country criminalizes access to information
> on the Internet in such broad fashion. "The closest legislation to what
> is being proposed here is the one passed in the USA, which criminalizes
> the act of circumventing technological protection measures. But no law
> has criminalized access itself," mentions the brief.
>
> Article 285-B qualifies as a crime – also punished with 1 to 3 years of
> imprisonment and a fine – "to obtain or transfer data or information"
> without prior authorization of the legitimate owner.
>
> The professors propose the exclusion or amendment of the text of two
> articles of the draft law. They suggest that the access and transference
> of information on the Internet be considered a crime only if fraud or
> "unlawful advantages" are involved.
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