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Spain's Intellectual Property Law, passed in 2014 and amended in 2018, grants rights holders and competent authorities the power to apply for rapid blocking of infringing websites without going through lengthy judicial proceedings, allowing administrative bodies or courts to issue blocking orders directly to ISPs.
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