Mucho se viene hablando sobre este tema ante la
discusión del proyecto de ley que propugna la
legalización de la copia privada de las obras literarias,
generándose una polémica ardua sobre la
afectación de los derechos de los autores y la
constitucionalidad del articulado proyectado. Ante ello entendemos
de importancia analizar los lineamientos generales de este
tema.
Este tema tiene como antecedente, los episodios que se generaron
en las Galerías Montecarlo donde funcionaba desde hace
años un negocio de fotocopiado de libros sin la
autorización de sus autores a que se diera dicha
reproducción. Ante ello se generó un movimiento por
la FEUU en pro del derecho de acceso a materiales de estudio por
parte de los estudiantes, generando una gran cantidad de
polémicas sobre cómo resolver y armonizar estos
aspectos.
En este entorno, en 2015 se presentó un proyecto de
reforma de la ley de derecho de autor (ley n° 9739) que entre
otros aspectos in
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