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Thanks to Carolina Rossini for sending an English translation of the new version of Brazil’s Marco Civil legislation.

Intellectual Property Watch reports that the bill has hit a roadblock in the legislature, and “pressure from industry had already resulted in the draft legislation being shelved at the end of last year.” However, Rossini, writes that  the new version of the text “has received great support from Brazilian civil society and has also gathered great (but not yet enough) support from legislators.”

Rossini’s English translation of the Marco Civil is in the form of a table containing the old and new versions (in Portuguese) and an English translation of the new version.

An excerpt from Section III on on liability for third parties:

Article 19. The provider of Internet connection will not be civilly liable for damages arising from content generated by third parties.

Article 20. In order to ensure freedom of expression and to prevent censorship, the provider of Internet applications can only be liable for civil damages arising out of content generated by third parties if do not take steps, after specific court order, within the framework and technical limits of its services and timely mentioned, to make the content identified as infringing unavailable, except otherwise established by law.

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