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...Brazilian government has adopted an open position regarding new technologies and the sharing of these new technologies, a flexibility of law and of regulation to allow the spread of sharing,” Gil says...
...this manner, Gil has heralded efforts to enhance public access to culture by supporting nonprofits such as Stanford professor Lawrence Lessig’s Creative Commons. In November of 2004, with the intent of challenging conventional copyright laws, Gil participated in a compilation CD for Wired magazine with artists such as the Beastie Boys and David Byrne, entitled “The Wired CD: Rip. Sample. Mash. Share...
According to Gil, the Brazilian government is more than doing its part...
...Gil also spoke of the idea of “culture points” during his lecture at Harvard, describing the current network of 260 centers open to the Brazilian public where, according to Gil, anyone has access to the use of equipment for artistic projects. The goal for 2006, Gil explains, is 1,000 of these culture points, concentrated in poverty-stricken areas, where manifestations of culture can be a positive force for the community, especially the younger generations. Not only would these cultural centers be individually effective, but according to Gil, they would also...
...Gil, an open exchange of ideas is fundamental to his progressive approach towards cultural growth. These cultural centers, as well as file sharing, are new ways of bringing the same fusion that was at the core of the Tropicalist movement to flourishing musical movements in Brazil and the world...