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

By: Luego de SOPA y PIPA ¿qué viene o debería venir?

Luego de SOPA y PIPA ¿qué viene o debería venir? — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:48:47 +0000

[...] llegaron a un acuerdo extrajudicial según el cual Eircom filtraría contenidos bajo un sistema de tres strikes (a la tercera infracción desconectarían al usuario) (ver la nota de prensa sobre el acuerdo [...]

By: Cathal

Cathal — Mon, 24 May 2010 12:13:03 +0000

Emeralddragon: Why should I pay a tax to the music companies if I have no interest in what they produce? Where does the ideas of a free market fit into giving music companies a fixed income?

By: Graduated response now de facto law in Ireland « A Clatter of the Law

Graduated response now de facto law in Ireland « A Clatter of the Law — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 10:10:01 +0000

[...] an update as such, but Digital Rights Ireland published a post last year on why the graduated response agreement is bad for internet users. It still [...]

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