Post by account_disabled on Jan 11, 2024 7:49:20 GMT
Recently, we witnessed the launch of a nationwide operation, called I-Commerce, against the trade of pirated products over the internet. Three hundred and fifty police officers seized thousands of illegal copies of CDs and DVDs almost simultaneously in 13 states (Bahia, Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rondônia, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and São Paulo) and in the Federal District.
From what was reported, at least 81 people Special Data were involved in the sale of illegal products over the internet. In this operation, 20 people had already been arrested and 57 indicted. The majority of those involved are between 18 and 30 years old. Many are young middle class people who used websites like Mercado Livre and Orkut to sell these copies.
It was the first time in Brazil that record companies adopted the strategy of criminally repressing people who sell pirated products. There is no doubt about the legality of adopting this measure, since record companies have the legitimacy to act and this practice is typified in our Penal Code by articles 180, 184, 186 and 334. But what would truly be the intention of this strategy adopted by the industry? phonographic?
According to statements by the representative of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), the entity that coordinated this strategy in several countries, “these people are not our customers, they are stealing music. What they do is no different from going into a store and stealing a CD.”
For the director of the Brazilian Association of Record Producers (ABPD), “our objective is not exactly to prosecute people, but to send a warning to illegal users”.
It turns out that behind this criminal measure a much more heated debate is at stake: the copyright regime on the exchange of files over the internet and the business model for selling intellectual creations electronically.
From what was reported, at least 81 people Special Data were involved in the sale of illegal products over the internet. In this operation, 20 people had already been arrested and 57 indicted. The majority of those involved are between 18 and 30 years old. Many are young middle class people who used websites like Mercado Livre and Orkut to sell these copies.
It was the first time in Brazil that record companies adopted the strategy of criminally repressing people who sell pirated products. There is no doubt about the legality of adopting this measure, since record companies have the legitimacy to act and this practice is typified in our Penal Code by articles 180, 184, 186 and 334. But what would truly be the intention of this strategy adopted by the industry? phonographic?
According to statements by the representative of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), the entity that coordinated this strategy in several countries, “these people are not our customers, they are stealing music. What they do is no different from going into a store and stealing a CD.”
For the director of the Brazilian Association of Record Producers (ABPD), “our objective is not exactly to prosecute people, but to send a warning to illegal users”.
It turns out that behind this criminal measure a much more heated debate is at stake: the copyright regime on the exchange of files over the internet and the business model for selling intellectual creations electronically.
