Spanish court rules P2P links are legal
17 March 2010
Fionn O'Raghallaigh, London
Lawyers have criticised a court ruling that found in favour of a website that hosted peer-to-peer file sharing links
On March 11, the Barcelona Mercantile Court rejected an action brought by the Spanish Society of Authors Composers and Publishers (SGAE) against the elrincondejesus.com website that offered links to P2P networks containing illegal software to download.
Judge Raul García N Orejudo decided that downloading files does not mean an individual or company is distributing, reproducing or publicly...
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