This morning, a group of people in Bilbao, Spain, have proved that sharing is legal (at least in Spain). Some mass media and associations like SGAE (the Spanish RIAA equivalent) are trying to make the citizens to believe that sharing culture is against the law and will kill the music.
The original story is at Compartir es bueno (Spanish), and an extract:
We proved it: sharing is not a crime. Today, at 11:07 we have downloaded the song “Get on your knees” by Teddy Bautista in front of the SGAE building. There was the press and some curious people. Nobody has stopped us. The police knew the facts because of a burofax was sent the last week. If music downloading were illegal, police would be forced to stop us, because they are enforced to avoid a crime if they know it’s going to happen.
Note: sorry for the bad translation but I’m not very inspired today (some jet lag yet)
This morning, a group of people in Bilbao, Spain, have proved that sharing is legal (at least in Spain). Some mass media and associations like SGAE (the Spanish RIAA equivalent) are trying to make the citizens to believe that sharing culture is against the law and will kill the music.
The original story is at Compartir es bueno (Spanish), and an extract:
Note: sorry for the bad translation but I’m not very inspired today (some jet lag yet)