Creative commons in the Brazilian federal government: Communication and democratization

Abstract

The article intends to verify the existence of the Creative Commons license in the Brazilian Federal Government, from the analysis of the sites and portals of government ministries, analyzing whether they have some sort of seal of sharing. In addition to conduct a historical overview of the Creative Commons and discussions about copyright in recent years.
The Creative Commons is a non-governmental organization and international levels aimed at expanding the number of works available through its licenses that allow copying and sharing of copyright. The organization has created different types of copyright licenses. The licenses allow control over how intellectual property will be shared allowing the standardization of declarations of willingness to share, license and distribute content such as text, music, pictures, movies, among other items. Allowing then that content owners may give up in favor of sharing their rights, having a license model.
Therefore, this article aims to analyze the use of Creative Commons license in the portals of the twenty five nine ministries and departments of the Brazilian Federal Government. Understanding the use of license allows the democratization of communication and access to information through the sharing and use of archives and government publications on behalf of society. Besides representing a historic breakthrough in the laws pertaining to copyright.
In 2011, the then Minister of Culture of the State withdrew the Creative Commons seal the portal site of the ministry. Therefore, in addition to performing analysis of portals it is necessary to perform a historical overview of the actions of the Brazilian Federal Government regarding the issues of copyright.