Showing posts with label third party liability. Show all posts
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Thursday, December 3, 2009

Looks Like Entertainment Industry Lobbyists Got To The Spanish Government; TechDirt, 12/2/09

Mike Masnick, TechDirt; Looks Like Entertainment Industry Lobbyists Got To The Spanish Government:

"We had just been noting how Spanish courts seemed to be actually interpreting copyright law in a reasonable way, and slapping down industry attempts to abuse the laws. Of course, that couldn't last. It appears that Spain is now proposing new copyright laws that would bring its existing laws down the well-lobbied path of draconian punishment, increased third party liability and other mindless ideas that have more to do with propping up an old business model than encouraging the creation of new quality content. A bunch of professional content creators in Spain are organizing to protest these new rules, but do they stand a chance against the usual onslaught of industry lobbyists?"

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091202/1152477163.shtml