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Article: Piracy Fuels Brazil's Tecno Scene
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- October 19, 2007
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BELEM, Brazil - This steamy city at the mouth of the Amazon river is a haven for pirates - the digital kind who copy CDs and DVDs by the thousands for illegal sidewalk sales.
Belem is also home to one of Brazil's most thriving pop scenes: tecnobrega, a musical movement that's expanding exponentially thanks to musicians and producers who see copying as a marketing tool rather than intellectual property theft.
All around the city of 1.5 million, tecnobrega's cloyingly sweet melodies and synthesizer-driven shuffle beats blast from cars, river boats and curbside speakers set up by street vendors hawking the latest hits.
While piracy is the bane of many musicians trying to control the sale ...