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Sound, vision and fury News
12.04.2012 Ongoing debates about digital media, copyright reform, piracy and internet freedom are just ‘raindrops’ in a much bigger flood that is about to hit the internet.Tags: Copyright, ACTA, SOPA, Innovation, Piracy, Legislation, ISP, Illegal Downloads, Copyright Infringement -
Sound, vision – and some fury – at Digital Rights Forum (videos) News
05.04.2012 In what was a stirring and exhilarating debate on Tuesday about Ireland’s copyright laws in which Innovation Minister Sean Sherlock made himself available to the public, the one...Categories: Research, R&D, Legal, Internet, Intellectual Property, Government, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Communications -
Press council chief to chair public meeting on ‘Irish SOPA’ News
20.03.2012 The deadline has been extended on a public consultation on a proposed Copyright Review that arose from the signing of the controversial statutory instrument dubbed the Irish... -
Internet Association's public forum on Irish copyright review is live News
03.03.2012 The Irish Internet Association’s public forum on the Irish copyright review, open to members, the public and the ISP Association of Ireland (ISPAI) has gone live. Feedback from...Categories: Legal, Internet, Intellectual Property, Government, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Communications -
Public debate on ‘Irish SOPA’ to begin before weekend News
01.03.2012 The Irish Internet Association’s public forum on the Irish copyright review is expected to go live by the weekend and will be open to the public, as well as IIA members. -
Irish Govt to review copyright laws – Sherlock confirms News
29.02.2012 The Irish Government is to conduct a review of the existing copyright laws, Innovation Minister Sean Sherlock, TD, told Siliconrepublic.com today. The recent outcry over a... -
Ireland’s SOPA: no reprieve - SI not going back out for consultation News
08.02.2012 Last-minute hopes for a controversial statutory instrument dubbed Ireland’s SOPA going back out to the public for consultation have been dashed. The instrument is due to be... -
Ireland’s SOPA – the day of reckoning approaches News
06.02.2012 Tomorrow, the controversial statutory instrument concerning a change to the Copyright Act 2000 to correct a loophole in the legislation – dubbed ‘Ireland’s SOPA’ – goes before... -
11 February declared day of action against ACTA News
02.02.2012 A controversial global treaty – the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement – which has the agreement of 22 European nations, including Ireland, has spurred protesters to declare 11... -
Megaupload CEO Kim Dotcom bail appeal refused in New Zealand News
03.02.2012 The chief executive of Megaupload Kim Dotcom’s appeal for bail has been refused by a court in New Zealand because it is feared he may attempt to flee the country. -
Ireland’s SOPA: could a new Copyright Act be the way forward? News
30.01.2012 Primary legislation, potentially in the shape of a new Copyright Act or an amendment to the existing legislation, is being examined as a way to ensure Ireland is at the...Categories: Government, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Communications, Intellectual Property, Internet, Legal -
EU countries – including Ireland and Poland – sign ACTA treaty News
26.01.2012 The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) – which is seen by critics to be an international version of the controversial SOPA bill – has been signed by the EU and member...Categories: R&D, Online Business, Legal, Internet, Intellectual Property, Games/Entertainment, Consumer Tech -
SOPA, so good – Sherlock holds off copyright change until Dail debate News
27.01.2012 Just like waves of protest in the US held off the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), in Ireland public concern expressed in the form of a petition and public debate have encouraged...Categories: Legal, Internet, Intellectual Property, Government, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Communications -
SOPA and Ireland: Minister publishes draft of statutory instrument News
26.01.2012 One of the main reasons for the ‘Irish SOPA’ controversy brewing up was no one had seen the draft legislation, or statutory instrument amending the legislation. Today, junior...Categories: Servers, Security, Legal, Intellectual Property, Government, Games/Entertainment, Communications, Internet, Social Media -
Is Ireland about to pass its own SOPA? News
24.01.2012 Any day now, the Government of Ireland will sign a statutory instrument that will give courts the power to grant orders to ISPs and other entities suspected of infringing... -
Forget SOPA, Europe is about to ratify its bigger brother ACTA News
23.01.2012 Just as the SOPA and PIPA debate winds down in the US, the European Union is later this week set to work on ratifying a global intellectual property enforcement treaty: the... -
Lamar Smith decides to postpone SOPA ‘indefinitely’ News
20.01.2012 The lead sponsor of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) legislation, Republican Senator Lamar Smith, has revealed he will be postponing a SOPA markup hearing on the bill after...Categories: Servers, Security, Legal Eagle, Legal, Intellectual Property, Games/Entertainment, Government -
Record giants sue Irish Govt over music piracy News
12.01.2012 The big four record labels, EMI, Sony, Warner and Universal, are suing the Irish Government over its alleged failure to stop illegal music downloads and for not implementing a...Categories: Networking & Telecoms, Media, Legal, Internet, Intellectual Property, Games/Entertainment -
If SOPA is passed Reddit will close News
21.12.2011 The controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) deliberations will begin again in earnest today in the US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee, but one potential...Categories: Multimedia, Media, Legal, Internet, Intellectual Property, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media -
EU court decides ISPs can’t be forced to block file sharers News
24.11.2011 UPDATE: Europe’s highest court, the European Court of Justice, has decided that internet access is a human right and that EU law precludes injunctions being taken against...