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 earlier today.
Todoscontraelcanon.es (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.”
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