{"id":381069,"date":"2010-03-02T15:43:39","date_gmt":"2010-03-02T20:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techdirt.com\/articles\/20100302\/0237008356.shtml"},"modified":"2010-03-02T15:43:39","modified_gmt":"2010-03-02T20:43:39","slug":"spanish-indie-labels-to-sue-the-govt-for-not-stopping-file-sharing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/381069","title":{"rendered":"Spanish Indie Labels To Sue The Gov’t For Not Stopping File Sharing"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ve discussed recently how Spain seemed to be one of a very small number of countries whose legal system seemed to be doing a decent job in responding to copyright issues<\/a>. It has rejected three strikes<\/a>, said that broadband is a basic right<\/a>, said that personal file sharing is legal<\/a> and even fined “anti-piracy” groups<\/a> for “bad faith actions.” Of course, all of those reasonable moves have made Spain something of a target. Industry lobbyists have convinced the government to propose new copyright laws<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But it’s not just the big entrenched players. Reader Tor sends over the troubling news that a group of indie labels in Spain are suing the government<\/i> for “negligence” in failing to stop file sharing<\/a>. Specifically, they’re really upset about the rulings that have found personal, non-commercial file-sharing is legal. They want the right to sue their biggest fans. Apparently, they haven’t been paying attention to how that’s worked (i.e., it hasn’t) elsewhere:<\/p>\n


\n“The measure would not resolve the most relevant problem, which is the actual impossibility of us taking civil action against those final users who appropriate music without paying, and systematically violate intellectual property rights,” he adds.<\/p>\n

“We think the Administration is responsible for our plight,” says Carton. “We demand that the government take effective measures imminently to protect the rights and interests of the record industry, as well as the intellectual property rights of the agents that intervene in the creative musical process within Internet.”
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This is pretty disappointing. Last year, I actually bought a bunch of CDs (yes, physical CDs) from an indie label in Spain that I only heard about after a friend sent me some MP3s suggesting I might like a couple of the bands on the label. After checking out their websites (and being able to listen to some of the songs) I ended up ordering a bunch of CDs from the label. Just last week, I bought two more albums (downloads, via CDBaby) from the same label. Yet, according to these labels (and I can’t tell if the label whose CDs I purchased is part of the lawsuit), they would have been better off suing my friend. Indie labels should be leading the way here: focusing on giving fans real reasons to buy, rather than suing the government for not putting up more protectionist barriers to pretend it can hold back what the technology allows.<\/p>\n

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