Friday, 3. November 2006
Topic: COPYRIGHT - on November 3, 2006 at 3:53:00 PM CET
Spanish judge says downloading is legal
A judge in the northern city of Santander in Spain dismissed a case against an anonymous 48-year-old man who shared digital music on the net.
Judge Paz Aldecoa of No. 3 Penal Court ruled that under Spanish law a person who downloads music for personal use can not be punished or branded a criminal. He called it "a practised behaviour where the aim is not to gain wealth but to obtain private copies".
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