Brazil, DRM and Public Domain

Cory Doctorow has a new post discussing a new law in Brazil that prevents the use of DRM to lock up content in the public domain. From the post:

It’s a fine and balanced approach to copyright law: your software locks have the power of law where they act to uphold the law. When they take away rights the law gives, they are themselves illegal.

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