Copyright Versus Copyleft: Creative Commons And Orphan Works

In the so-called "information society", new technologies have exponentially facilitated information creation, distribution and manipulation, in this process being comprised the reproduction, distribution and public communication of works protected by copyright. Digitalization, Internet, Bulletin Board Systems (BBS), hyperlinks, exchange of files through peer to peer (P2P) networks and web blocks make possible, at any time, the global access to intellectual works, disrupting the economic exploitation rights of copyright owners, redefining the traditional concepts of "reproduction", "distribution" and "public communication" and generating changes in the exceptions and limitations to copyright.