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Law against free Internet downloading abandoned
The controversial law against free downloads from the internet was finally defeated last night in the Spanish parliament after adebate that last more than 8 hours. The law known in Spain as the ‘Sinde law' was included in the ‘Economic sustainability law’ and proposed to act against people downloadingcopyrighted material for free by threatening to shut down or block the websites offering the material. However, after it became clear that the government would not have sufficientsupport to get the law passed despite its last minute negotiations with various parliamentary groups the idea had to be abandoned in order to let the ‘Economic sustainability law’reach the senate.
When the vote was announced a number of MPs who had opposed the law against internet downloading applauded the result. The ‘Economic sustainability law’ willnow be debated in the Senate but without the controversial law against internet downloading.
Arguments against this controversial law ranged from the constitutionality of thetext to its workability. Some MPs considered it to be a botched attempt to restrict internet downloading while some MPs considered it to be insufficient.
Following yesterday’sdebate the President of the Spanish Academy of Cinema, Álex de la Iglesia, criticised internet providers saying that ‘we need somebody to defend our rights’. On the other handsome groups representing internet users rejected the proposed ‘Sinde law' as being an attack on freedom. On Sunday a number of websites that offer free downloads closed voluntarilyin protest at the proposed law and on Monday and Tuesday hackers attacked government websites and even managed to get the Spanish parliament's own website temporarily suspended.
The controversial law against free downloads from the internet was finally defeated last night in the Spanish parliament after adebate that last more than 8 hours. The law known in Spain as the ‘Sinde law' was included in the ‘Economic sustainability law’ and proposed to act against people downloadingcopyrighted material for free by threatening to shut down or block the websites offering the material. However, after it became clear that the government would not have sufficientsupport to get the law passed despite its last minute negotiations with various parliamentary groups the idea had to be abandoned in order to let the ‘Economic sustainability law’reach the senate.
When the vote was announced a number of MPs who had opposed the law against internet downloading applauded the result. The ‘Economic sustainability law’ willnow be debated in the Senate but without the controversial law against internet downloading.
Arguments against this controversial law ranged from the constitutionality of thetext to its workability. Some MPs considered it to be a botched attempt to restrict internet downloading while some MPs considered it to be insufficient.
Following yesterday’sdebate the President of the Spanish Academy of Cinema, Álex de la Iglesia, criticised internet providers saying that ‘we need somebody to defend our rights’. On the other handsome groups representing internet users rejected the proposed ‘Sinde law' as being an attack on freedom. On Sunday a number of websites that offer free downloads closed voluntarilyin protest at the proposed law and on Monday and Tuesday hackers attacked government websites and even managed to get the Spanish parliament's own website temporarily suspended.
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