The purpose of this dissertation is to analyze the technical and legal nature of
streaming, especially with regard to the possibility of granting copyright
protection for the public performance of musical works. The pretension to
elaborate it arose from a concern with the possible pacification of jurisprudence,
and, consequently, with the negative impacts in the creative industries, before
the understanding established in the judgment of Special Appeal nº 1,559,264-
RJ. This is a leading case, since the Superior Court of Justice (STJ) has
considered streaming, both in the webcasting mode and simulcasting, public
execution and, consequently, legitimized the collection of copyrights by the
Central Office of Collection and Distribution ( Ecad). Based on the premise that
the judgment in question only binds the parties to the dispute, and that, since
the jurisprudence of the mother country is a living organism in constant change,
the present work intends to shed light on the legal debate on this new
technology responsible for the "rebirth" of the industry musical, with a view to
delegitimizing an undue burden on.