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An internet services provider (ISP) was ordered by a judge to disclose personal data regarding a user of its social networking site who had created a fake profile of another user which allegedly caused damage to the latter's reputation
A judge from the Brazilian Federal District ordered a tourism company to pay a photographer R$1,000 (approximately US$500) as actual and moral damages for copyright infringement
A judge from the State of Rio de Janeiro has penalised an internet company for the unauthorised performance of music recordings and transmission of music events
The first person to be arrested for illegally selling copyrighted songs on the internet has been acquitted by the 1st Criminal Court of the State of Parana; because the statute of limitation for the criminal prosecution had lapsed
