[URL=http://torrentfreak.com/spain-rejects-proposed-legislation-to-shutdown-p2p-sites-101222/]TorrentFreak[/URL] reports that the Spanish House of Representatives has rejected new legislation that would have shut down hundreds of legal file-sharing sites. The rejection is a major victory for the tens of thousands of Internet users who launched many protests in recent months.

As TorrentFreak points out, Spain is one of the few countries in the world where its courts have affirmed that P2P-sites operate legally. The Spanish government wanted to change this, and attempted to accomplish this by proposing new legislation. That legislation would have punished sites offering links to copyrighted works without the need for a judicial order.

The Sinde Act was an amendment to the Sustainable Economy Law (LES) drafted by Minister of Culture Ángeles González-Sinde, with input from the United States Government. [URL=http://www.gamepolitics.com/2010/12/22/spanish-039sinde-act039-amendment-cleaved-sustainable-economy-law][B][COLOR=#8e0505]Read More[/COLOR][/B][/URL]

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