[ NNSquad ] In Spain, website owners can now get six years in prison for linking to copyrighted material

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

In Spain, website owners can now get six years in prison for linking to
copyrighted material

http://j.mp/1b0Nzwf  (The Verge)

    "Website owners whose sites profit from linking to unauthorized
     copyrighted material can now be jailed for up to six years under
     a new measure that passed today in Spain. Spain is considered one
     of the worst offenders in Europe when it comes to illegally
     downloading content; one study reported that 98.7 of music
     Spaniards listen to is pirated. The law will spare peer-to-peer
     filesharing sites, search engines, and users of the link-sharing
     sites."

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--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren 
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info
Founder:
 - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org 
 - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info
Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
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