The Spanish Center for Reprographic Rights (CEDRO) analyzed at the Observatorio de la Sostenibilidad de la Cultura Escrita (Observatory for the Sustainability of Written Culture)

 the smaller remuneration received by Spanish authors and publishers compared to their European colleagues, and the growing piracy of their content.

According to the Observatory for the Sustainability of Written Culture, an initiative of the publishing sector represented by CEDRO, authors and publishers of books, newspapers, magazines, and sheet music in Spain, receive less remuneration for the reuse of their works than their European counterparts.

In the words of CEDRO's general director, Jorge Corrales, "users, both in the public and private sectors, are not adequately compensating authors and publishers for the reuse of their content, which is generating a serious competitive disadvantage. To that we must add the effects of the growth of content theft, which is known as piracy of written works, especially with messaging services such as WhatsApp, which has become the main channel for illegal access to works."  Unfortunately, CEDRO only defends the interests of the big publishers and best-selling authors.

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