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Spanish Govt Anti-File-Sharing Campaign Angers Internet Users Group

By soulxtc

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Insists must end to avoid "the manipulation of public opinion to the benefit of private interests." The Spanish Govt launched an anti-P2P campaign this past November that is now drawing the ire of the Association of Internet Users (AI) in that country for misleading the public for the benefit of private entertainment industry interests. Called "If you are legal, you're legal," in Spanish the adjective 'legal' can also apparently mean 'okay' or 'good' when referring to a person, AI says the campaign "recklessly offers information that lacks all legal basis, with the exclusive aim of re-educating public opinion." AI insists the campaign must end to avoid "the manipulation of public opinion to the benefit of private interests" and notes that the anti-P2P campaign "includes information that is untrue, and therefore is contrary to the constitutional principle of freedom of information, with regards to intellectual property and the protection of authors' rights, according to current legislation." It cites the Law of Advertising and Institutional Communication, which prohibits the broadcasting of institutional messages contrary to Spanish constitutional principles.

Full post as published by ZeroPaid on January 02, 2009 (boomark / email).