Digital information and communications technologies: the guarantee of civil rights on ownership of software

Perspectivas em Ciência da Informação

Vieira, Américo Augusto Nogueira¹  UFPB¹  UFPR¹  Dias, Guilherme Ataíde¹ 

关键词: Civil rights;    Property rights;    Intellectual property;    Brazilian constitution;    Software;    Plagiarism.;   

DOI  :  10.1590/1981-5344/1827

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais * Escola de Biblioteconomia

【 摘 要 】

The "civil rights" concept, as accepted in the Unites States of America legal system, is referenced in Brazil by Article Five of the Brazilian Constitution and the subsequent set of rights named "Fundamental Rights and Guarantees". This paper discusses the fact that: although there is a constitutional guarantee of property, in regard to specific Brazilian federal laws (Software and Authors' Right Law) it might arise a tolerance or authorization to a form of "software plagiarism." The research was based on the Constitution, the Berne Convention, Federal Laws and legal doctrines of intellectual property and further extensive bibliographic review. At the end, it is demonstrated that there is a possible infringement of the property rights (civil rights), by violating the Brazilian Constitution itself or through the misinterpretation of the specific federal legislation.

【 授权许可】

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