Seminar

Digital rights in the European Context 

Luiz Gonzaga Silva Adolfo

Rodrigo Vieira Costa

Teresa Nobre

November 26, 2020, 14h00 (GMT)

Online event

Programme

1) Freedom of Expression and Platform Regulation: The New European Union Directive on Copyright in the Digital Market

Speaker: Rodrigo Vieira Costa (Professor at the Federal Rural University of Semi-Árido and Visiting Researcher at the Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra)

2) Article 17: how to safeguard users' rights? Comparative analysis of existing proposals in the EU
Speaker: Teresa Nobre - Currently Vice-President of Communia. She is also coordinator of the Portuguese chapter of Creative Commons. At Communia, she works on copyright and user rights issues. She is also representative of the Communia in the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights of the World Intellectual Property Organisation. She has actively participated in the recent European legislative process of copyright reform, with studies, publications and interventions on the defence of public interest. She graduated in Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon (2003). LL.M. in Intellectual Property from the Munich Intellectual Property Law Centre (2009).

3) Points and counterpoints of the influence of the European Copyright Reform in Brazil
Speaker: Luiz Gonzaga Silva Adolfo - Lawyer. PhD in Law from University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos (Unisinos, 2006). Post-Doctorate in Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUC/RS, 2018). Professor of the Postgraduate Programme in Law at the University of Santa Cruz do Sul - UNISC (Master and Doctorate).

Moderator: João Paulo Dias (CES)