Spain nixes anti-piracy regs - Entertainment News, International News, Media - Variety

Spain nixes anti-piracy regs - Entertainment News, International News, Media - Variety: "Spain's parliament has thrown out long-awaited anti-piracy legislation -- prompting a furious reaction from its local film industry.
Shoe-horned into a wide-ranging Sustainable Economy Bill, Spain's anti-piracy regs represent the first major move by a Spanish government to crack down on piracy.

But, after an eight-hour delay in final resolution Tuesday night, they were rejected by a Congress Parliamentary Economy and Tax Commission by a narrow margin of 20 votes to 18. Spain's ruling PSOE socialists needed the support of other parties to force the regs through. That was not forthcoming.

Spain's film industry has reacted with fury at what it sees as the cowardice of Spain's political classes, more concerned about attracting Spain's youth vote than protecting IP rights.

The Sinde Law debacle was an act of 'direct aggression which curtails (Spain's) rule of law,' producer Agustin Almodovar wrote in El Pais. It would force him to postpone the premiere of Pedro Almodovar's 'La piel que habito' to the fall and day-and-date its release worldwide, he added.

'We are an anomaly in Europe,' said director Manuel Gutierrez Aragon."

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