Gilberto Gil,Tropicalia-legend-turned-Brazilian-Cultural-Minister, has for a long time been calling for an international overhaul in intellectual property/copy rights. Here’s a post from Martin LaMonica at CNet (via Wired) on a speech Gil gave at the MIT EmTech conference last month. Gil’s theory is that an “open-source” model of digital music/technology/software licensing will “give more people the freedom to use and republish digital forms of content as a way of encouraging personal expression, culture and political participation.” Gil points to success in the creation of 650 “tech centers” throughout Brazil, which have for the first time given some Brazilians access to computers, internet access, and audio/video technology at no cost. And just in case the cynics out there were wondering, the Tropicalisto put his money where his mouth is and reissued some of his music to encourage sharing and remixing. Free music after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
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