Spanish Web Sites Go Blank To Protest New Rules

Diver777 writes "New tough rules for websites in Spain have caused at least 300 websites to go blank in protest. The new rules call for any site which generates revenue to register with the government. The law would also apply to foreign-hosted Web sites if the people transacting business on them are physically in Spain. Get the Yahoo story here."

Comments

Spain lacks real government

[gnillort]

The reason for protest in Spain is the lack of a real enforcing government there. The whole country is one good ol' boys network, and very few crimes such as tax evasion get reported. Thus, the people in Spain see it as a drastic measure to have to register a business/website. It's very hard to understand another culture, but my many years of teaching in Spain can qualify me somewhat to explain this.

They plan on enforcing this...how?

[The Evil Couch]

just how are they going to planning on collecting taxes from people outside their country?

wait, I know. they're going to use some guys in some snazzy red uniforms, whose chief weapons are fear, suprise, an almost fanatical devotion to the pope and....