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Spain’s Pirate Site Blocking Machine: Domains Blocked 2012 – 2023

TorrentFreak

In common with a growing list of EU Member States, Spain operates an ongoing domain blocking program with the aim of reducing traffic to pirate sites. Amendments to Spain’s Copyright Act ( Law No. 2/2011 ) led to the formation of an administrative body known as the Second Section of the Intellectual Property Commission (S2CPI). Launched in 2012 under Spain’s Ministry of Culture and Sports, S2CPI has the authority to issue instructions which require local internet service providers to

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SpicyIP Tidbit: Law Student Claiming Copyright Infringement Gets an Interim Injunction Against 2 Law Asst. Professors

SpicyIP

Meme from here Ask anyone in academia what’s their worst nightmare. And probably, they’ll respond by saying “plagiarism.” Many face it, but only seldom do we hear stories where someone does something about it. Sharing one fascinating story here, a law student sued a law college, two of its professors and the editor of a journal alleging copyright infringement.