Spain: Government abolished the present copyright levies system

On Friday 30 December 2011 the Spanish Government decided to abolish the present copyright levies system, establishing and replacing it by a different one, similar to the Norwegian system, where levies are calculated into the state budget. From 1 January 2012 manufacturers, importers, resellers and distributors of electronic equipment and devices are not longer debtors to pay the levies to the Spanish Collecting Societies. For original sources see: Press Release from the Ministry of Culture: http://www.educacion.gob.es/horizontales/prensa/notas/2011/12/consejo-propiedad-intelectual.html Press Release from CEDRO (Spanish Collecting Society for Reprography): http://www.cedro.org/prensa/noticias/2012/01/04/el-gobierno-modifica-el-sistema-de-copia-privada-y-aprueba-el-funcionamiento-de-la-comisi%C3%B3n-de-propiedad-intelectual