Pirataria moderna e a distribuição de livros online de forma gratuita

Abstract

This paper deals with modern piracy and free online book distribution by examining copyright laws and their separation into two elements.: Copyright Law and its moral aspect; and Copyright Law and property rights. Furthermore, it was assessed the concepts of Public Domain, Copyright and Droit d’Auteur. For this research it was necessary to look into the definition of modern piracy and verify the current distribution and translation of books on the Internet, as well as the reasons why someone would practice this conduct, such as the reading of illegally downloaded books. Just as important as the definition of modern piracy is the examination of civil and penal sanctions related to the Copyright violation. In this regard, it was described and evaluated the penalties stated in the Lei de Direitos Autorais and in the Código Penal. Finally, were made considerations about the current Copyright protection, with an emphasis on a critical assessment of the penal sanction, and was presented a set of possible solutions for the piracy problem. The general purpose of the research was analyze the modern piracy with enphasis on the online book distribution for free, going through observations of Copyright law and the civil and penal sactions front of violations of the author’s rights, on the internet, related to use of their intellectual works without their permission. The specific goals were: exame the law 9.610, of 19 february 1998, Lei dos Direitos Autorais; observe the protection of Copyright; study the modern piracy related ti books on the internet; verify the civil penalties on the Lei de Direitos Autorais and the penal sanctions on the Código Penal, more specifically on the digital book distribution when there’s no intention of obtein financial profit. The metodology uses was exploratory and qualitative research, as well as the bibliographic research and literature search along with document search.