[pp.int.general] Some parting thoughts

Boris Turovskiy tourovski at gmail.com
Sun Oct 18 19:47:35 CEST 2009


Eduardo Robles Elvira wrote:
>
> In Spain it is currently legal to download copyrighted music or movies 
> from p2p if it's for personal use, so if you want to download any 
> artist's latest album you have the legal right to do so.
>
Whoa. I didn't think that our goal of limiting copyright laws to 
commercial use is implemented somewhere already.
Two questions:
- Doesn't such legislation conflict with TRIPS?
- Are there any studies on the impact of the legality of filesharing on 
artists' profits in Spain?

Best regards,
Boris, Pirate Party Germany


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