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I am reading through the official law and essentially it is saying that the Spanish government finds this necessary to reinforce intellectual property protectio
by onetimeusename 12y ago
I am reading through the official law and essentially it is saying that the Spanish government finds this necessary to reinforce intellectual property protections, the ip here being the news/stories. The thing that isn't clear from the law was whether anyone had actually complained about what Google was doing or whether Google was actually found violating any ip laws in place(it doesn't seem so). The whole thing is 40 pages so I probably won't read it all. Can anyone clarify if there had been some sort of issue here?
edit: Something that sticks out is that the law dictates how any agreement involving ip is to be done even if previous agreements are in place in order to cover costs "equitably". Yet I can't see how Google isn't already beneficial. The wording suggests Google would be causing damages since damages can be included in payments under this law.
- ryanhuff 12y agoYes. Newspapers have lobbied the government to impose a "Google Tax". http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2014/jul/29/google-spain http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2014/jul/29/goog...
- onetimeusename 12y agoFrom what I can tell, that seems to sum up the law pretty well.