{{Short description|Spanish lawyer}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = David Bravo Bueno |image = (David Bravo) y Juan Traverso (5936185489) (cropped).jpg |office2 = Member of the Congress of Deputies |term_start2 = 13 January 2016 |term_end2 = 3 May 2016 |constituency2 = Almería |birth_name = David Bravo Bueno |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|02|20|df=y}} |birth_place = Sevilla, Spain |party = Podemos }} '''David Bravo Bueno''' (born 20 February 1978) is a Spanish lawyer specialized in intellectual property rights. He is well known for his strong defense of the right to make a private copy of copyrighted works, as it is explicitly allowed by the Spanish legislation. He is often requested to participate in TV debates about so-called piracy and p2p file sharing.
== Private copy ==
Bravo argues that downloading files is undoubtedly legal and uploading, although more controversial, is surely not a crime, within the current Spanish legislation.<ref>[http://es.wikinews.org/wiki/Entrevista_a_David_Bravo Entrevista a David Bravo] at Spanish Wikinews {{in lang|es}}</ref> His views are grounded mainly on the Intellectual Propierty Law (1996), Article 31, 2nd Chapter, "Reproduction without authorization" and the Penal Code, Article 270.<ref>[http://www.bufetalmeida.com/?id=91] {{in lang|es}}</ref> The SGAE (General Association of Authors and Editors) strongly disagrees with Bravo and the Spanish government often makes campaigns backing SGAE's views on the matter{{Citation needed|date=June 2016}}.
==Books== * ''Copia este libro'' (''Copy this book)'': among many other issues, Bravo discusses how the current Spanish legislation allows the right to copy copyrighted works without the author's consent ("private copy").<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.elastico.net/archives/005194.html |title=Copia este libro, de David Bravo, en PDF |access-date=2006-03-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060328054439/http://www.elastico.net/archives/005194.html |archive-date=2006-03-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category|David Bravo Bueno}} * [https://davidbravo.es/ David Bravo's personal website] {{in lang|es}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060328054439/http://www.elastico.net/archives/005194.html Copy of "Copia este libro" in pdf] {{in lang|es}} * [https://archive.org/details/CopiadMalditos-DavidBravo-ENTREVISTA ¡Copiad, malditos! - David Bravo - ENTREVISTA (2011)] {{in lang|es}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060425034310/http://www.mcu.es/propint/files/LeyProp_Intelectual_mod172.pdf Intellectual Propierty Law] {{in lang|es}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bravo Bueno, David}} Category:Copyright activists Category:21st-century Spanish lawyers Category:Podemos (Spanish political party) politicians Category:Living people Category:1978 births