Comments on: Did Spain just declare war on the commons?

By: Spanish lawmakers to kill CC licensing and turn the country into a “digital backwater” - plingzine

Mon, 18 Aug 2014 09:15:50 +0000

[…] you would like to learn more, Paul Keller’s “Did Spain just declare war on the commons?” and Renata Avila’s “Spain on a Downward Spiral? New Law May Destroy the Digital […]

By: Sheogorath

Sheogorath — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 05:23:18 +0000

According to the googling I’ve been doing, Spanish authors’ moral rights include the right to insist on the respect of the integrity of the work and to prevent any distortion, modification, alteration, or derogatory action in relation to the work which would be prejudicial to his/her legitimate interests or reputation. It seems to me as if this new legislation would force authors to waive the above right, something which is impossible under Spanish law. Either the new law will have to go, or Spain will have to rewrite a lot of older laws, maybe even leave the Berne Convention altogether.

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Wed, 13 Aug 2014 06:26:14 +0000

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By: Copywrong » Spain’s Ill-Conceived ‘Google Tax’ Law Likely To Cause Immense Damage To Digital Commons And Open Access

Tue, 12 Aug 2014 19:23:53 +0000

[…] Techdirt recently wrote about Spain’s imminent and almost unbelievably foolish new copyright law designed to prop up old and failing business models in the publishing sector. Mike mentioned that it was potentially disastrous for things like fair use, Creative Commons and public domain material — so broad is the reach of this new law’s “inalienable right” for publishers to be paid when snippets of works appear elsewhere. Now Paul Keller has put together a great post on Communia’s blog exploring the details of this particular threat: […]

By: Spain’s Ill-Conceived ‘Google Tax’ Law Likely To Cause Immense Damage To Digital Commons And Open Access | Technology

Tue, 12 Aug 2014 18:14:34 +0000

[…] of works appear elsewhere. Now Paul Keller has put together a great post on Communia’s blog exploring the details of this particular threat: The law creates a right for ‘electronic content aggregation providers’ to use […]