Direitos autorais e música: tecnologia, direito e regulação

Abstract

Based on a multidisciplinary approach, the paper presents the impact of technology on intellectual property law, focusing on phonograms. It considers the role of technological resources in granting universal access to digital works, as well as the protection of the intellectual property rights. It analyses the regulatory role of law and how it can deal with the new technological tools used for authorship identification, in order to achieve the fair apportionment of digital works’ economic results. The paper resulted from a research project involving different graduate programs. The research adopted the theoretical-methodological and legal-dogmatic approaches, also applying logical-deductive methods. In order to facilitate the understanding of legal and economic dimensions related to the copyright of phonograms, the research combines theoretical references of Computer Science, Law and Economy. The main research technique applied was indirect documentation through bibliographical, documentary and legislative research. The paper concludes that technology can be used as an important tool to find solutions that harmonizes individual and social aspects of intellectual property law related to music.