A bug in the bill to stop file-sharing

Published on 22 December 2010

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“Parliament rejects Sinde law,” announcesPúblico. On 21 December a parliamentary committee threw out culture minister Ángeles González-Sinde’s bill, under which websites providing access to copyright-protected content could be closed down. Apart from producers, authors and publishers, the only support for the proposed legislation came from prime minister Zapatero’s socialist group. Over the past few days, the Spanish daily reports, “netizens have been mobilising and even attacking official sites”.

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