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Minister of Culture considers it urgent to approve the anti-downloading law
- Baker & McKenzie
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- Spain
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- August 10 2010
The Minister of Culture, Ángeles González-Sinde, believes that it is urgent for the Government to pass the Anti-Downloading Law and close websites that are facilitating the illegal downloading of copyrighted works
Spanish government to provide subsidies for movies passing a "culture test"
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- Spain
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- August 17 2010
On 30 June 2010, the Spanish Government passed an Order which modified an existing regulation that monitors the amount of movie production costs and investments that can be reimbursed through state aid
The Council of Ministers approves Bill on Food Security and Nutrition
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- Spain
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- November 2 2010
The Council of Ministers has recently approved the presentation of the Bill on Food Security and Nutrition to the Parliament
Piracy of digital content reaches 76 in Spain
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- Spain
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- July 16 2010
Compared to the 1.653 million spent on legal digital content in Spain in 2009, the value of pirated content amounted to 5.212 million
First steps toward high definition television
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- Spain
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- July 27 2010
The Spanish Government has approved a new decree detailing the technical requirements needed for the transition from digital terrestrial television towards high definition television
Law in Cataluña requires 50 of all movies to be dubbed into Catalan
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- Spain
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- August 31 2010
Parliament has passed a law that requires 50 of all films released or distributed in Cataluña to be dubbed or subtitled in Catalan
Spanish broadcaster wins copyright infringement case
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- Spain
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- November 9 2010
Telecinco filed a copyright infringement claim against Le Sexta when the latter used some of the former's images in certain TV programmes without authorisation
New act regulating the procedure to take down websites reaches the Spanish Parliament
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- Spain
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- April 4 2011
After months of negotiation, a new version of a controversial provision in the Sustainable Economy Law (also known as the Sinde Act), which establishes an express procedure to remove copyright infringing material from the internet, has been forwarded to the Parliament
Spanish "audiencia nacional" revokes the list of digital devices subject to the right to equitable remuneration for private copying and its tariffs
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- Spain
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- June 1 2011
The Spanish Association of Internet Users filed a claim against the Ministry of the Presidency and most of the Spanish collecting societies alleging that: (i) the Spanish Ministerial Order governing the list of digital devices subject to the right to equitable remuneration for private copying and its tariffs (Order) should be null and void, as it violates legal principles; and (ii) the invalidity of the Order should be backdated to include all payments improperly made
Spanish court rules on the Padawan case
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- Spain
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- May 10 2011
The Barcelona Provincial Court has rendered judgment that Padawan S.L. (Padawan) was not liable to pay copyright levies for the sale of digital storage devices on the basis that professionals cannot be presumed to be using such devices to copy third party copyrighted works
