Propriedade intelectual e internet: a relação entre os tratados internacionais de direitos autorais e a criatividade no ciberespaço

Abstract

The rise of the internet and digital medias caused a revolution in the way content consumers engage and relate with creative productions. These new creative relations in common spaces in the virtual media often go on a collision course with regulations expressed in the international treaties dedicated to copyright protections such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which represent the interests of copyright holders and of the United States along with other countries which comprise the global North. This dissertation aims to understand the interactions and implications between creativity and innovation on the internet and the most recently negotiated international treaties on intellectual property, exposing the positions of civil society groups which represent the interests of users, through a qualitative exploratory method. In conclusion, the copyright protection regulations expressed in the related international treaties are framed by civil society groups as dangerous for the preservation of creativity and innovation in the cyberspace, as they potentialize the criminalization of new productions and individual freedoms of speech and access to information.