[p2p-research] Fwd: [fcforum] Spanish collecting society is threatening EXGAE

[Michel Bauwens]

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From: Simona Levi <info at conservas.tk>
Date: Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 1:10 AM
Subject: [fcforum] Spanish collecting society is threatening EXGAE
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 Dear friends,

in fact the news is quite funny even if with a little danger. Their text is
super absurd and we received so many suport that we crashed 2 servers of
illimited acces :-)

Here our press release:

In August, right in the middle of the summer holidays, *EXGAE received
a certified
fax from the lawyers of the Spanish royalties collection society, Sociedad
General de Autores y Editores
(SGAE)<http://omploader.org/vNWhvYw/sgae-vs-exgae.pdf>
*, demanding that EXGAE disappear from the face of the earth within the next
seven days. If it fails to comply, it went on, SGAE will proceed, without
any further notice, to sue EXGAE for damages, unfair competition and
infringement of the “SGAE” brand.

The SGAE law firm, Lehmann  and Caballeiro, allege unfair competition in
regards to the name EXGAE and the nature of the activities it carries out,
under the provisions of the Patents Law.

Civil society has already denounced the fact that culture industry
multinationals like the SGAE use copyright, patents and economic coercion
for censorship, to silence dissidence and to restrict freedom of expression.

Citizens have made it clear that lawsuits and threats will not stop the just
development of the digital era.

We’re sorry, but it will no longer wash. The SGAE lawyers will have to find
some other business.

And what´s more we doubt that SGAE´s associates would want their interests
to be defended in this way.

*EXGAE won’t disappear within seven days. EXGAE is here to stay.*

*Together, we are bringing down a monopoly and building a future that is
accessible, sustainable, and beneficial for everybody.*

*No! to the use of copyright for censorship purposes.*

** If you want to help us, use and spread the information and reference
material on our web.* Follow us and participate on Facebook and Twitter. *Let’s
multiply, share, and not let them intimidate us.*

*We will keep you informed.*

http://twitter.com/EXGAE

http://twitter.com/EXGAEca <http://twitter.com/EXGAE>

http://www.facebook.com/EXGAE.net

*“(…) Times have changed. The Internet allows the horizontal exchange of
information and culture among everybody. We all consume and produce culture
at the same time. This is why the means of cultural production must adapt to
this new democracy, and not the other way around (…).” EXGAE Manifesto
“Greed Breaks the Sack,”  July 2008*

If you don’t know what EXGAE is link here: <http://exgae.net/what-is-exgae>
http://exgae.net/que-es-exgae/what-is-exgae

*Related Files** (spanish):*

The SGAE certified fax: <http://omploader.org/vNWhvYw/sgae-vs-exgae.pdf>
http://omploader.org/vNWhvYw/sgae-vs-exgae.pdf

Our responses:<http://exgae.net/respuestas-de-exgae-al-burofax-de-los-abogados-de-la-sgae>
http://exgae.net/respuestas-de-exgae-al-burofax-de-los-abogados-de-la-sgae

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http://egae.net

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