Spain Says Broadband Is A Basic Right

Courtesy Techdirt  Wed, 11/18/2009 - 20:40

Slashdot alerts us to the news that Spain will be following Finland's lead in declaring broadband as a basic legal right .

I'm still not convinced that declaring it as a full legal right makes sense, but it does show how important broadband is becoming to society.

It will be interesting to see how this growing trend matches up with the efforts from the entertainment industry to have countries pass laws to kick people off the internet...

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