Many Spanish Net users are furious by a government proposal to shut down Web sites offering peer-to-peer file sharing of music and films without a court order. A meeting Thursday amoung their representatives and the culture minister floped to calm them down.

Minister Angeles Gonzalez-Sinde insists the legislation — to be brought into effect in 2010 whether approved by Parliament — will not target individual Web users who download material and in no case would anyone’s World Wide Web connection

Speaking after talks with 14 bloggers and Web site directors, Sinde said Thursday the bill is directed against Web sites that illegally offer the possibility of downloading copyright-protected material.

Under the bill, an intellectual property commission would investigate complaints about Web sites offering the possibility of P2P downloading, and whether they are deemed to be making money from other people’s work they could be closed.

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