Copyleft as a proposal in the face of the problems of the outdated law 11.723

Abstract

This article is circumscribed within the field of forensic linguistics, a discipline that can be defined as the crossroads between linguistics and law. Therefore, in this article we analyze under these terms the outdatedness of the Intellectual Property Law (Law 11.723). In order to do so, we make a theoretical journey and focus on two concepts: "intertextuality" (Kristeva, 1978) and "social multilingualism" (Bakhtin, 1989). With these axes in mind, we will analyze a case of accusation of piracy from 2008 and a case of accusation of plagiarism from 2011. The study is related, in turn, to the development of technologies, specifically the Internet. Our hypothesis is that the copyleft movement could contribute elements to the judgment of sentences to be ratified in a judicial process. Finally, we conclude that copyleft responds in a better way to the current needs of the literary field than the current legislation.