Mar 27

Good CC News from Spain

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The Creative Commons blog reports that a disco bar in Spain that plays only CC music has won in court against the Spanish collecting society Sociedad General de Autores y Editores (“SGAE”). SGAE had demanded royalties but the bar argued that they only played CC music. And they won! In theory I don’t see how the case could have ended in any oter way but it’s still good to have a precedent like this. The collecting societies might have to modify their approach (“You play music. Pay us money.”) if more people start playing CC music.