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Spanish Judge Rules "Personal Use" Downloaders Aren't Criminals

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 6, 2006 - 7:36pm.
London - A judge in Spain has ruled that those who download free music off the Internet for personal use are not criminals, The Register reported. Judge Paz Aldecoa, of Santander in northern Spain, called file-sharing "a practiced behavior where the aim is not to gain wealth but to obtain private copies."

The judge dismissed charges against an anonymous 48-year-old man who downloaded songs online, burned them to CD and then offered them for free to others. The Spanish recording industry trade group Promusicae plans to appeal the decision in the case, in which it sought a two-year prison term against the man.

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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/03/spanish_judge_says_downloading_legal
tags: Internet | Video | Law | Music | Europe | Consumers | Fair Use | Rulings | File-Sharing | Spain | Promusicae |



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