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Independent reference. Not authored by or affiliated with Pedro Paranaguá.

Knowledge in the public interest.

An independent reference to the copyright, access-to-knowledge and digital-rights debates in Pedro Paranaguá’s public writing.

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Public commentary, 2010–2012.
Independent context for today’s reader.

A white book unfolds into an open paper pavilion, an illustration of knowledge as a shared space.
Knowledge as a shared space. A paper study.

A body of work. A wider conversation.

Ideas do not exist in isolation.

Pedro Paranaguá’s published commentary engaged questions that connect authors, readers, researchers and the public. This reference explains those subjects in neutral terms and points back to the archived public writings.

What this reference is, and who it is for

Five ways into
the conversation.

Start with a subject.
Follow the connections.

An open paper book becomes connected bridges, a conceptual illustration of access to knowledge.
Paper studies / Access to knowledge

Who gets to learn, share and build?

A guide to the movement that put public access at the heart of the intellectual-property debate.

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Curved paper pages and a yellow rising sheet suggest Brazil’s copyright reform debate.
Paper studies / Brazil’s copyright reform

A national debate with wider echoes.

The public consultation, the proposed changes and the competing interests of the early 2010s.

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Blank paper folios and an opening yellow sheet represent scrutiny of an international agreement.
Paper studies / ACTA

An agreement. A public argument.

What the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement sought to do, and why it became so contested.

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A balanced paper mobile represents creative rights and public access.
Paper studies / Intellectual property

Creation, rights and the public interest.

Copyright, patents and the recurring question of how to balance protection with access.

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An open paper form releases coloured ribbons, a metaphor for freedom of expression.
Paper studies / Freedom of expression

The freedom to read, speak and share.

How expression and digital rights meet the rules that govern copying and communication.

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The public record

Go back to
the source.

Selected public writings from 2010 to 2012. These links open captures of the original posts in the Internet Archive; this site does not reproduce their text.

9 archived writings

  1. 2010Brazil’s new copyright draft bill available in English (Internet Archive, opens in a new tab)English
  2. 2010Brazil’s opening statement at the 2010 WIPO General Assembly (Internet Archive, opens in a new tab)English
  3. 2010Why Brazil is concerned about ACTA (Internet Archive, opens in a new tab)English
  4. 2010Brazil’s proposal on monetizing P2P (Internet Archive, opens in a new tab)English
  5. 2011Brazil’s Copyright Reform: the tip of the iceberg? (Internet Archive, opens in a new tab)English
  6. 2011Brazil’s Copyright Reform, an update (Internet Archive, opens in a new tab)English
  7. 2011WIPO Director General addresses the future of copyright (Internet Archive, opens in a new tab)English
  8. 2011Direito Autoral e Internet no Congresso Nacional (Internet Archive, opens in a new tab)Português
  9. 2012Marco Civil da Internet: cronograma atualizado (Internet Archive, opens in a new tab)Português

A reference.
An open starting point.

The articles here offer context. The archived sources preserve the author’s own words. Keeping that distinction clear is the purpose of this site.

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