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It's a great step and an excellent example for the rest of the world, but for us, Brazilians, it will make little to no difference. Absurds taxes and the cost
by BoppreH 16y ago
It's a great step and an excellent example for the rest of the world, but for us, Brazilians, it will make little to no difference.
Absurds taxes and the cost of a proper lawyer make the legal way so expensive nobody follows it. You heard a nice song and want to use it on your TV commercial? Go ahead, nobody's looking.
It's not that we go out killing and stealing, we are just more "community driven." Lawsuits and other legal actions are so rare that they look an exclusivity between big businesses themselves, but unethical moves are frowned upon by everybody, which makes for a parallel law-enforcement.
And this law-enforcement is definitely not concerned about copyrights.
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- stcredzero 16y agoThis sounds like a very healthy legal environment for innovation! Combine this with a good educational system (in at least one region or city) and a favorable tax structure, and Brazil will have the makings of an economic revolution.
- BoppreH 16y agoThe problem is the tax structure. The amount of taxes you have to pay to just start your business or, god forbid, hire someone, is just stupid. And the fact that electronics arrive here with two, three times the actual price, doesn't help either.