Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/29/media_lecy_revolt/
Spanish revolt against blank media levy
¡No!
Posted in Music and Media, 29th June 2006 20:09 GMT
Spanish activists have launched a web-based campaign to fight the recently-imposed levy on blank media which will "place a tax on blank CDs, DVDs and even flash memory sticks", as we reported (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/29/spain_adds_disc_levy/) earlier today.
Todoscontraelcanon.es (http://www.todoscontraelcanon.es/index.php?body=ppal) (all against the levy) is collecting signatures under a "Your Signature Counts" slogan, and vows to challenge the new Ley de Propiedad Intelectual (Intellectual Property Law) by "any legal means available" - including action through the parliamentary ombudsman and political lobbying of parliamentary deputies.
Ofelia Tejerina, of the Asociación de Internautas (Web Surfers' Association), declared: "This law sidelines the rights of consumers of digital media since by the simple act of buying a digital reproduction system, whether they use it or not, or make personal copies or not, they'll have to pay the levy."
The group has already racked up (http://www.todoscontraelcanon.es/index.php?body=suscribe_firmas) 407,000 of its 500,000 signature target. ®