Arent Fox partner Hunter T. Carter, who serves as chairman of the New York City Bar Association’s Committee on Inter-American Affairs, has been published in the Latin American Law & Business Report.

In his article, “Preventing Piracy or Creativity? The “Ley Lleras” – Colombia’s Version of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act,” Hunter examines the issues surrounding the current debate in Colombian intellectual property circles between copyright holders and consumers of information over whether copyright laws prevent piracy or creativity.

“The debate arises in the context of a proposed law ‘to regulate the infringement of copyright and related rights on the Internet’ submitted to the Colombia Congress by the Minister of Justice and the Interior, German Vargas Lleras. For that reason, many call it the ‘Ley Lleras’ or ‘Lleras Law,’ it is in reality Colombia’s attempt to catch up to the United States, the European Union, and much of the rest of the world’s economies in striking a balance between rights holders and information consumers. This is a familiar debate because in the United States, it was resolved – as a legislative matter anyway – by Title II of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998.”

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The Latin American Law & Business Report is published by WorldTrade Executive, a Thomson Reuters publication.