Brazil’s new Minister of Culture is under severe pressure from civil society groups, academics and some artists.
After just a few weeks in power, Minister Ana de Hollanda issued an order to take the Creative Commons license off of the Ministry’s website. In her own words (in Portuguese): “We will discuss copyright reform when the time comes.”
After nearly seven years using CC licenses, a legacy left by musician and former Minister of Culture Gilberto Gil, now Brazil’s Ministry of Culture abruptly withdraws the license without further dialogue or consultation. Why is that a problem?
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