A criação no ciberespaço e as licenças autorais alternativas

Abstract

This research has as objective to approach questions related to intellectual property in the cyberspace, mapping the different points of view about the theme. It presents in a succinct way the origin of the author's concept in the western history, and the current conflict of the multiple authorship existence possibility in the cyberspace. It analyses the use of alternative licenses to author's protection and finally the production of immaterial wells. The approach adopted is multi-disciplinary, doesn't ignore the current legal order, but investigate the characteristics of the cyberspace, as well the repercussions in the law. It confronts the authorship's protection in the digital media and the concept of immaterial wells. The studied authors are, among others: Paul Edward Geller, Lawrence Lessig, Yochai Benkler e Siva Vaidhyanathan. It highlights the concept of proprietary software, free software and its variations. It considers the viability of the copyright current alternatives, in particular the Creative Commons project, the GNU project and the BSD project