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JUNE 8, 2009

Bookshare pretty much has been made possible by the Chafee Amendment, a copyright exception provision in U.S. Brazil, Ecuador and Paraguay joined together to propose that WIPO consider this treaty. My impression from additional tweets, emails, posts and articles is that the French are really leading the charge against a treaty.

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APRIL 21, 2008

There were some complications with this, we didnt have enough ethnic avatars, so the Brazilian one was a blonde girl, as we knew there were also blonde girls in Brazil. Most of the piece broadcast to millions of Brazilians was about the outrage that we represented Brazils efforts in the worldwide fight against poverty by a spoilt blonde girl.

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APRIL 21, 2008

There were some complications with this, we didnt have enough ethnic avatars, so the Brazilian one was a blonde girl, as we knew there were also blonde girls in Brazil. Most of the piece broadcast to millions of Brazilians was about the outrage that we represented Brazils efforts in the worldwide fight against poverty by a spoilt blonde girl.

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