Law No. 1/2015​, to amend the Spanish Criminal Code, March 30, 2015 (entering into force on July 1, 2015)

Document type
Legislation
Country
(1) widening the definition of copyright criminal offense so as to include any act of exploitation, and no longer limited to acts of reproduction, plagiarism, distribution and communication to the public; (2) when the conditions are met, the information service providers’ active facilitation to access or locate copyrighted works that are made unlawfully available on the internet will be considered a criminal offense (Article 151-152 modifing Article 270-271 of the Criminal Code).
Country
Year
2015
Topic, claim, or defense
Copyright
Document type
Legislation
Issuing entity
Legislative Branch
Type of service provider
General or Non-Specified
Issues addressed
Trigger for OSP obligations
Type of law
Criminal
General effect on immunity
Weakens Immunity