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The US copyright lobby tried the same type of maneuvering in Spain. They took it a step further and threatened to put Spain on a list of countries that don't re
by theoj 15y ago
The US copyright lobby tried the same type of maneuvering in Spain. They took it a step further and threatened to put Spain on a list of countries that don't respect intellectual property laws, that is unless Spain passed the desired draconian legislation. This was all done through backroom deals and was all meant to be secret. It was a secret until WikiLeaks leaked the memos.
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/12/how-wikileaks-killed-spains-anti-p2p-law.ars http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/12/how-wikileak...
- guard-of-terra 15y agoOkay, but why would Spain enforce the law that's bad for them, that was forced on them? Why not pass it and then never use?
- benjoffe 15y ago> Why not pass it and then never use? Separation of powers makes it difficult in many countries to do that (legislature and judiciary being separate).
- guard-of-terra 15y agoWhy would judiciary branch wasting their time instead of catching criminals? They (MPAA etc) would have to lobby even single application of the law I guess.