As previously reported, Spain has been one of those countries where the courts have not proved overly helpful in the fight against online piracy, with judges ruling that current copyright laws make it difficult to find those file-sharing unlicensed content guilty of infringement. So the music industry there will be pleased to know the country's government has announced plans to review copyright rules.
The country's Council Of Ministers announced yesterday it had set up a committee "to advise on the fight against the violation of intellectual property rights through internet pages, with the aim of dedicating as a priority the study of said violations". The committee will present on 31 Dec.
Spain will hold the presidency of the European Union for the first half of 2010, and during that time there will be a telecommunications convention for political types in Madrid where online piracy is likely to be discussed. It may be that Spain's moves in this domain now are to ensure the country doesn't seem completely backwards on piracy issues when that convention takes place.