More from the three-strikes file, and a body in Spain representing various creative industries, including record labels body Promusicae, says it now accepts that the disconnection of persistent illegal file-sharers is just not going to happen there.
The Coalition Of Creators & Content Industries, which previously advocated the three-strike approach to combating online piracy like that being developed in France, has said it accepts that the Spanish government is unlikely to take the French lead in forcing the ISPs to actually cut off those who persistently infringe copyrights online. However, it says it will continue to lobby for 'technical measures' to be instigated against unrepentant file-sharers, including cutting net speed, a measure proposed as a possible deterrent against illegal file-sharing in the UK government's 'Digital Britain' report last week.
The president of the Coalition, Aldo Olcese, admitted that the change in policy follows an announcement by the country's ISP trade body which said it would no longer negotiate with the creative industry body on the piracy issue, demanding the government be clearer on its policy on the issue first. Olcese says he wants to concentrate his efforts in tackling BitTorrent tracker services like the Pirate Bay, of which he reckons 200 now exist in Spain, and which, he says, encourage and facilitate wider online piracy.
It's not clear whether that will be done through civil action against the people behind such services, or whether the Coalition hope for legislative clarity on the liabilities of the providers of search services that hone in on unlicensed music content. He did, however, tell reports that he was confident the Spanish government would make some moves in the near future to protect the creative industries from the ever growing amounts of online piracy in the country.