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In 2006, Spain implemented in its Copyright Law the limitation for private copying as per Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society. By virtue of this limitation, a natural person can make a copy of a work already divulged whenever it is for his or her exclusive private use and without direct or indirect commercial purposes. On the other hand, that directive requires a means of ensuring that rightsholders of the reproduced work receive fair compensation. The...

On 20 July 2017, the Catalan Audiovisual Council (Consell de l’Audiovisual de Catalunya, CAC), the Department of Labour, Social Affairs and Families (Departament de Treball, Afers Socials i Famílies), and the Catalan College of Journalists (Collegi de Periodistes de Catalunya), announced the publication of a new Code on the treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersexual (LGBTI) people in the audiovisual media (Recomanacions sobre el tractament de les persones lesbianes, gais, bisexuals, transgèneres i intersexuals (LGBTI) als mitjans audiovisuals). The Code constitutes a new tool...

On 4 May 2017, the CNMC published its report on the fulfilment of the investment in European works in 2015. Under the Spanish Audiovisual Communication Law, media service broadcasters and electronic communications providers broadcasting television channels are required to earmark 5% of their operating revenue for the pre-funding of European cinematographic films, and films and series made for television. The CNMC is responsible for monitoring compliance with this law. The CNMC notes that the designated providers invested a total of EUR 179.93 million in European works in 2015, which is 15.37% less...

According to CNMC, the LPF prevented Mediaset cameras from accessing football stadiums for three league days during Season 2016/17. Specifically, the LFP prohibited the cameras of the Mediaset group (Telecinco and Cuatro) from taking images of the pitch during rounds 24 (24, 25 and 26 February 2017) and 25 (28 February, 1 and 2 March 2017) of the First Division, and round 27 of the Second Division (24, 25 and 26 February 2017). CNMC determined that the LFP had violated its Decision of January 2016 on the limitation of access to stadiums. By this decision, CNMC obliged the LFP to guarantee audiovisual...

On 10 May 2017, Spain’s Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (National Authority for Markets and Competition - CNMC) decided that Telefónica must compensate some of its competitors, namely Vodafone, Telecable and Total Channel, for miscalculations in the amounts they have paid as a guaranteed minimum cost by the wholesale distribution of Canal + Liga and Canal + Partidazo football channels in the 2015/2016 season. The CNMC has also decided that Telefónica had undercharged Orange and Open Cab for the guaranteed minimum cost of the said pay-TV channels. The CNMC issued this Resolution...