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Anti-Piracy Group Raids P2P Admin’s House Without Warrant

By enigmax
on May 28, 2009
C: 130

Ever since it became clear that running a P2P links site is not a crime in Spain, music anti-piracy group SGAE have threatened civil action. Yesterday the admin of two P2P sites had a home visit by members of SGAE, who took advantage of the admin's legal naivety and conducted…

Music Rights Groups Raided By Police, Bosses Arrested For Fraud

By enigmax
on July 3, 2011
C: 110

In a massive operation, Spanish music rights and anti-piracy groups SGAE and SDAE have been raided by more than 50 police officers and tax officials. Operation Saga is the culmination of a two-year investigation into embezzlement, fraud, and misappropriation of funds, the latter connected to SGAE and SDAE collecting money…

Judge Rules P2P Legal, Sites To Be Presumed Innocent

By enigmax
on July 7, 2009
C: 83

After Spain virtually ruled out imposing a "3-strikes" regime for illicit file-sharers, the entertainment industries said they would target 200 BitTorrent sites instead. Now a judge has decided that sharing between users for no profit via P2P doesn't breach copyright laws and sites should be presumed innocent until proved otherwise.

Copyright Group: No Need to Hear P2P Site’s Defense

By enigmax
on May 13, 2009
C: 56

Spanish copyright group SGAE has taken legal action in order to close down a site which offers links to copyrighted music hosted elsewhere. In seeking an injunction to close the site, SGAE said it was not necessary for the court to hear the site's defense. The court disagreed.