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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. Yuo 1337 sLasHdOt reading 5k1llz by theolein · · Score: 0, Troll

    TFA mentions right there in the first sentence, "unauthorzied" p2p has been made illegal.

    The OMGWTF dumb-as-a-brick type of sensationalism of slashdot entries, with editors that neither read the articles, nor semm to understand even the tiniest amount of their own subject matter is why I visit slashdot less and less, why Digg now has more page views, and why I only read comments at +4 up if I do bother to read the brainless crap that most of the comments are (including my own because if slashdot couldn't give a fuck about me and thinks it's ok to insult my intelligence, then I can't be bothered to act differently)

    Slashdot is becoming the geek version of trailer trash.

  2. When did Spain become France? by otis+wildflower · · Score: 0, Troll

    First they surrender to the terrorists, now to the ??AA?

    Most definitely not mas macho...