Spain Goes Completely Insane
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on June 29, 2006 at 1:48:26 PM
As if the »news yesterday wasn't bad enough, Spain is now banning all unauthorized downloads. The law makes it a criminal offense for ISPs to allow it as well. Score one for the copyright cartels in Spain. I'm sure we in the US will see draconian laws like this start cropping up soon.
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A Spanish intellectual property law has finally banned unauthorized peer-to-peer file-sharing in Spain, making it a civil offense even to download content for personal use. The legislation, approved by Congress on Thursday, toughens previous provisions. An early May circular from Spain's fiscal general del estado, or chief prosecutor, allowed downloads for purely personal use.