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**bahrains27** · 05-24-2011, 04:43 PM

The left-wing groups in Spain are largely supported with money from actors, music singers, film directors ... so on. The support of so-called "artists" to the group of "the angry-los indignados" has a price to be paid in their claims.

Copyright in Spain are managed by a society called SGAE (Sociedad General de Autores y Editores), which many believe is the clearest example of "mafia" in Spain today. It is not uncommon for inspectors to creep into a wedding at a restaurant and report the couple to have music for dancing and not paying royalties to their society (SGAE). A barber in Seville was closed a few months ago because he claimed to have a battery powered radio in the saloon to listen music while working for the past 20 years: SGAE's inspectors put a financial penalty of such amount that he could not pay and went out of business. SGAE managed to collect royalties from any taxi driver in Madrid to have radios, CD or DVD-systems on cars, bringing the many taxi drivers have been removed and replaced by newspapers provided to passengers along the route.

http://www.sgae.es/

In the other hand, maybe your post is a sort of hypocrisy.... because USA Government added to Spain in the "301 Special" Report in 2008...

http://www.ustr.gov/about-us/press-o...ial-301-report

SPAIN
Spain will be added to the Watch List in 2008. The United States is concerned by the Spanish
government’s inadequate efforts to address the growing problem of Internet piracy, described by
U.S. copyright industries as one of the worst in Europe. There is also a widespread
misperception in Spain that peer-to-peer file sharing is legal. While Spanish law enforcement
authorities have taken some positive measures against pirate Internet websites, prosecutors have
failed to pursue IPR cases, judges have failed to impose deterrent-level sentences against IPR
infringers, and right holders do not have access to important legal tools needed to bring
meaningful civil infringement suits. The United States will continue to work closely with Spain
to address these IPR enforcement issues during the next year.

05-24-2011, 04:43 PM	#42
bahrains27 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 379 Senior Member	The left-wing groups in Spain are largely supported with money from actors, music singers, film directors ... so on. The support of so-called "artists" to the group of "the angry-los indignados" has a price to be paid in their claims. Copyright in Spain are managed by a society called SGAE (Sociedad General de Autores y Editores), which many believe is the clearest example of "mafia" in Spain today. It is not uncommon for inspectors to creep into a wedding at a restaurant and report the couple to have music for dancing and not paying royalties to their society (SGAE). A barber in Seville was closed a few months ago because he claimed to have a battery powered radio in the saloon to listen music while working for the past 20 years: SGAE's inspectors put a financial penalty of such amount that he could not pay and went out of business. SGAE managed to collect royalties from any taxi driver in Madrid to have radios, CD or DVD-systems on cars, bringing the many taxi drivers have been removed and replaced by newspapers provided to passengers along the route. http://www.sgae.es/ In the other hand, maybe your post is a sort of hypocrisy.... because USA Government added to Spain in the "301 Special" Report in 2008... http://www.ustr.gov/about-us/press-o...ial-301-report SPAIN Spain will be added to the Watch List in 2008. The United States is concerned by the Spanish government’s inadequate efforts to address the growing problem of Internet piracy, described by U.S. copyright industries as one of the worst in Europe. There is also a widespread misperception in Spain that peer-to-peer file sharing is legal. While Spanish law enforcement authorities have taken some positive measures against pirate Internet websites, prosecutors have failed to pursue IPR cases, judges have failed to impose deterrent-level sentences against IPR infringers, and right holders do not have access to important legal tools needed to bring meaningful civil infringement suits. The United States will continue to work closely with Spain to address these IPR enforcement issues during the next year.
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