SPAIN (Agencies) The National Court has declared null and void the canon (tax) on digital support media (e.g. CDs, pendrives, etc.) that has been in operation since 2008. This follows a similar order from a European court. The Asociación de Internautas ('Internet Surfers Association') had requested that all monies charged individual buyers of such items to be returned but this was rejected by the Court because the association 'did not have jurisdiction' in the matter. The digital canon, as it is called, was aimed at being able to compensate copyright owners for their work when their material was illegally downloaded onto any of the digital media, including not only those mentioned above but also external or internal hard drives and other such items capable of digital storage. Spain is well known as the 'capital of digital piracy'. Nevertheless, the canon was declared unconstitutional.
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