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Spain Outlaws P2P File-Sharing

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the nobody-expects-the-spanish-p2p-ban dept.

Section_Ei8ht writes "Spanish Congress has made it a civil offense to download anything via p2p networks, and a criminal offense for ISP's to allow users to file-share, even if the use is fair. There is also to be a tax on all forms of blank media, including flash memory drives. I guess the move towards distributing films legally via BitTorrent is a no go in Spain." Here is our coverage of the tax portion of this law.

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  1. What about Windows Update by jkrise · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Or anti-virus update, or patch-update systems? Client-Server is also Peer-to-Peer, just differently labelled.

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  2. it ain't that bad by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Submitter obviously didn't read the article. It's about UNAUTHORISED downloads only. Right-free content, or content what the user has the right to download, is still allowed, also on P2P in Spain.
    Pure sensationalism. It's just updating laws to the Internet age, move along, nothing to see here really.

  3. Internet - Peer to Peer Network by darkstar949 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    So pretty much they just went and outlawed the internet, because, depending upon how you define it, the internet is nothing more than one large peer to peer network.

    So who wants to make bets on how long it will take for this law to get repelled?

  4. Has anyone even read the article? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    It says the new law bans UNAUTHORIZED peer-to-peer file-sharing. There is not one word in there saying all p2p will be banned!

  5. Great Technical Background by DimGeo · · Score: 0, Redundant

    .. these people have, see can I.

    So, basically, this outlaws just about any network connection, almost all kinds of LAN, any kind of radio transmission, and phone calls. Way to go, Spain! Back to the stone age!

  6. Great summary by scdeimos · · Score: -1, Redundant
    The very first line of the linked article reads (emphasis added):
    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.
  7. Downloading _Lorca_ by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Wasn't Spain literally fascist until recently? Sounds like some of the old government never retired.

    The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca was a good movie, but a terrible way to run a country.

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  8. Re:SENSATIONALIST CRAP and LIES by Espressoman · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I don't think I needed to say anything other than to encourage people to read the actual story and discover for themselves. Do you really think the difference between what Slashdot said and what the article actually says is really so subtle that people would benefit from my 'analysis'? I had something to say (Slashdot editors have slumped to a new low) and I said it. Like most posts on this site, mine was my own opinion. I would expect intelligent people to read the article and either agree or disagree with my criticism.