Comments on: Three unproven accusations and you’re out – why the Eircom / IRMA deal is bad for internet users

By: Eircom, IRMA & Blackout Ireland | Dave Kelly :: Blog

Eircom, IRMA & Blackout Ireland | Dave Kelly :: Blog — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:03:28 +0000

[...] All this comes in addition to the agreement that after 3 allegations of copyright infringement through illegal file-sharing, a user’s Internet connection can be disconnected. Again, Digital Rights Ireland have details of why they see this as a bad deal for users. [...]

By: Digital Rights Ireland » Music industry pushing for internet filtering as well as “three strikes” - what can you do about it?

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:36:28 +0000

[...] like we got it wrong. When we wrote about the deal between Eircom and the music industry we believed (as the early reports seemed to say) that it only involved a “three [...]

By: Neil

Neil — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:02:03 +0000

This sort of censorship is an outrage!

This is Ireland, not China – somebody should inform Rex Combe (Eircom CEO) and IRMA

By: CaptSolo

CaptSolo — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:42:48 +0000

People in New Zealand were fighting a similar legislation by their government and were successful in getting the legislation delayed.

They have a good webpage which is worth a look:

http://creativefreedom.org.nz/blackout.html

By: Brian Maher

Brian Maher — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 03:37:15 +0000

I’m appalled by this decision and think more needs to be done.

I will promote the cause where ever possible and promote digital rights.

It is only a pity that it comes to individuals fighting for rights since the government will not respect the rights of the people without a fight from organisations such as Digital rights Ireland.

By: Internet freedom in Ireland could be about to change | Pixelapes

Internet freedom in Ireland could be about to change | Pixelapes — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:35:11 +0000

[...] case brought against Eircom by the IRMA has reached an out-of-court settlement as reported by http://www.digitalrights.ie: The internet is abuzz (Irish Times | EFF | ars technica | Boing Boing) with the news that Eircom [...]

By: Michael Walsh

Michael Walsh — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 09:38:12 +0000

Whooops! I had included the URL in the

HTML code – but it hasn’t appeared. Anyway It’s from the Sunday Business Post – link:
http://www.sbpost.ie/post/pages/p/story.aspx-qqqt=IRELAND-qqqm=news-qqqid=39782-qqqx=1.asp

By: Michael Walsh

Michael Walsh — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 09:34:48 +0000

Eircom takes it to a new level – now talking about blocking websites:

Under the terms of an agreement between Eircom and Irma, Eircom will not oppose any court application, meaning that the orders will be automatically granted. A spokesman for Eircom confirmed that Eircom ‘‘will not oppose any application [Irma] may make seeking the blocking of access from their network’’ to blacklisted websites

By: Insite Law Newswire: 8th February 2009 « Insitelaw magazine

Insite Law Newswire: 8th February 2009 « Insitelaw magazine — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 11:05:50 +0000

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By: Bald

Bald — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:05:41 +0000

Ireland should take note
Germany has joined the UK and said NO to the 3 strike law
The German Department of Justice has met with German ISPs and one clear conclusion was made: Three Strikes laws are “incompatible with German pirvacy and telecommunications laws.”

In response, the IFPI said Germany would possibly face a competitive disadvantage against other countries that are still debating enacting the laws.

Germany’s Secretary of Justice Brigitte Zypries added:

“I don’t think that (Three Strikes) is a fitting model for Germany or even Europe. Preventing someone from accessing the Internet seems like a completely unreasonable punishment to me. It would be highly problematic due to both constitutional and political aspects. I’m sure that once the first disconnects are going to happen in France, we will be hearing the outcry all the way to Berlin.”