On the nature of the group

Article 1. The RTC, founded on July 7, 2022, represented as Redistribute, Transform, Copy, is an acronym of free association of all those who defend the extinction of monopolistic rental titles, such as copyright, from a perspective of opposition to the current mode of production.

Article 2. The RTC will initiate, within the molds of this Statute, a campaign to raise awareness against the tyrannical regime of monopolistic rental titles, representing all artists and creators who choose to reject them.

Article 3. It is the competence of RTC to create and maintain manuals and knowledge bases with the purpose of guiding authors who wish to free their works, recognizing Free Licenses as intermediate measures that protect the common cultural good from abuses of powerful economic groups.

Article 4. In addition to this Statute, the acronym must create and maintain:

1. a Code of Conduct;
2. a list of Free Licences;
3. a definition of the Monopolistic Rental Titles;
4. other documents of ideological importance and internal coexistence.

On the members

Article 5. The RTC is composed of members: individuals, who, being at the legal age of autonomy,out of their own free will, participate in the discussions of the group and provide support to the group in its actions and political projects.

Article 6. The affiliate has a complete autonomy of political opinion, and can engage in public controversy and take divergent positions from his colleagues while maintaining his acronym, within the limits of this Statute and its related rules.

On the Connected Projects

Article 7. An individual or group can transform one of their projects into a Connected Project of the RTC, demonstrating their appreciation for the principles of free culture and inviting those affiliated to build the intellectual and cultural good within the structure of the acronym.

Article 8. A Connected Project should be distributed under one of the licenses approved by RTC and adhere to its rules of good conduct.

Article 9. By introducing a Connected Project, its main figures are given the title of Connected Project Leader, having total autonomy over its direction.

On the Center

Article 10. The Center is the maximum authority of the acronym at a given time, being endowed with the trust of the affiliates, and being composed of one or several individuals.

Article 11. The Center's competences are:

1. to adopt amendments to this Statute;
2. to codify the consensus of the members, technical and administrative standards;
3. to carry out sensitive administrative actions;
4. to ensure the right of each member to speak and to be heard;
5. to align projects and group tasks.

Article 12. In the permanent absence of the Center, its responsibilities are delegated to the rest of the TRC, which must, in accordance with the internal consensus and with what is appropriate, choose new incumbent(s) or reconstitute the position.

On multilingualism

Article 13. The acronym should facilitate contact between members of different countries and life histories through the interchangeable use of Portuguese, English, and Spanish as the main languages of their communication channels.

Article 14. Latin American integration is a major political goal, since our international culture of resistance to rentist structures formalizes a "Pirate Axis."