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title: "Spain Ratchets Up Anti-Piracy Laws To Even More Ridiculous Levels: Criminal Penalties For Linking To Infringing Works"
date: "2013-09-28T13:52:24-07:00"
modified: "2013-09-28T13:52:24-07:00"
author: kims
url: "https://dominoresearch.com/spain-ratchets-up-anti-piracy-laws-to-even-more-ridiculous-levels-criminal-penalties-for-linking-to-infringing-works"
categories: The Domino Effect
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description: If you may recall, for a while, Spain had some of the most reasonable copyright laws around. The country properly recognized that it didn't make sense to blame service providers for the actions of their users, rejecting lawsuits against a number of…
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# Spain Ratchets Up Anti-Piracy Laws To Even More Ridiculous Levels: Criminal Penalties For Linking To Infringing Works

[![7419862](//img.1.rp-api.com/thumb/7419862)](http://s.tt/1M82d)[**Spain Ratchets Up Anti-Piracy Laws To Even More Ridiculous Levels: Criminal Penalties For Linking To Infringing Works**](http://s.tt/1M82d) (via [Techdirt](http://s.tt/1M82d))

If you may recall, for a while, Spain had some of the most reasonable copyright laws around. The country properly recognized that it didn’t make sense to blame service providers for the actions of their users, rejecting lawsuits against a number of…

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