Spain passes scary P2P law

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http://gizmodo.com/5417058/spanish-government-destroys-p2p-and-basic-freedoms

Everyone but them. They wanted more, and they got it as an obvious favor, returned by the socialist government now in power. After passing the law hidden in another law, the artist associations can now close any web site they want, without a court order. They only have to argue that the site may be used to share media, and the Minister of Culture will have to the power to close the site without any judge giving the go ahead, a true "Cultural Police." Goodbye democracy, hello National Socialism. What's more, they also want to be able to close the Internet connection of any user who uses the internet for P2P sharing, also without any due process.

this development, in one fell swoop, moves Spain from being one of the more P2P friendly countries to being one of the more stringent, right up their with England (who has some mind boggling copyright laws).

[El Heggunte]

[lordsmurf]

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[SquirrelDip]

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