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saool on Aug 6, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Spain: Linking to Copyright Infringing Material No...

It's Sociedad General de Autores y Editores, and it doesn't collect money anymore.

EU rendered their business illegal and recent corruption news obliged the government to pass a bill taking away their right to collect, afaik.

tassl on Aug 6, 2011 [–]

You're right about the name, but I think they still collect money, what they're not collecting right now is just the digital canon.

mobiplayer on Aug 6, 2011 | [–]

They're not collecting the digital canon from companies.

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