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Spain has been traditionally and particularly idiotic about tech legislation. Some examples: - There was (and is) a fee on every CD-R, DVD-R, BR-R, hard drive,

by fer 3y ago

Spain has been traditionally and particularly idiotic about tech legislation. Some examples: - There was (and is) a fee on every CD-R, DVD-R, BR-R, hard drive, SSD, printer... as a "just in case it happens to store/copy copyright-protected material at some point ever" fee [0]. - They forced link aggregators to pay newspapers/sites for linking to their content, even just using their <og> tags. [1]. So such insane statement comes as an absolute non-surprise to anyone who's followed Spanish tech legislation for a while. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociedad_General_de_Autores_y_Editores#Digital_canon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociedad_General_de_Autores_y_... [1] https://pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/google-news-spain-facebook-challenge/ https://pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/google-news-spain-faceb...

jeroenhd 3y ago
> - There was (and is) a fee on every CD-R, DVD-R, BR-R, hard drive and SSD as a "just in case it happens to store copyright-protected material at some point ever" fee [0]. Sadly, Spain isn't the only country that does this. The copyright lobby has been very successful at making people fund their failing business model.
- clarionbell 3y ago
  Yep. Unfortunately this is pretty normal. I would be fine with it, if it meant I get immunity from persecution when distributing pirated content. Unfortunately that would go against corporate rent seeking.
miohtama 3y ago
Spain, inheriting Franco's legacy, likes their own secret internal police and abuse of power. For exampel, Madrid was using Pegasus spyware to spy Catalonian politicians and separatists https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/catalonia-bans-use-of-pegasus-spyware/ https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/catalonia-ban... From this background, it's more understandable they want to all possible methods to spy their own citizens.
- petre 3y ago
  Yet the socialists were runnng the show when all of this has happened. Of course, when Pegasus is found on Pedro Sánchez's phone, they "ban" it.
zigzag312 3y ago
What would you say about a yearly fee per every employee, if company owns a multifunctional printer? Also in EU.

by fer 3y ago

jeroenhd 3y ago

> - There was (and is) a fee on every CD-R, DVD-R, BR-R, hard drive and SSD as a "just in case it happens to store copyright-protected material at some point ever" fee [0]. Sadly, Spain isn't the only country that does this. The copyright lobby has been very successful at making people fund their failing business model.

clarionbell 3y ago
Yep. Unfortunately this is pretty normal. I would be fine with it, if it meant I get immunity from persecution when distributing pirated content. Unfortunately that would go against corporate rent seeking.

miohtama 3y ago

Spain, inheriting Franco's legacy, likes their own secret internal police and abuse of power. For exampel, Madrid was using Pegasus spyware to spy Catalonian politicians and separatists https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/catalonia-bans-use-of-pegasus-spyware/ https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/catalonia-ban... From this background, it's more understandable they want to all possible methods to spy their own citizens.

petre 3y ago
Yet the socialists were runnng the show when all of this has happened. Of course, when Pegasus is found on Pedro Sánchez's phone, they "ban" it.

zigzag312 3y ago

What would you say about a yearly fee per every employee, if company owns a multifunctional printer? Also in EU.