Tagged: ISPs & News
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UK High Court orders ISPs to ban The Pirate Bay News
30.04.2012 The UK High Court has ruled that internet service providers (ISPs) must block file-sharing site The Pirate Bay. -
Seanad to urge new laws for Irish ISPs to block child abuse material News
24.02.2012 A group of senators will next week put forward a private members motion urging Justice Minister Alan Shatter TD to put in place legislation that will require Irish internet...Categories: Wireless Communications, Web, Security, Search, Networking & Telecoms, Legal, Internet, Government, Consumer Tech -
EU Court of Justice to decide if ACTA breaches fundamental rights News
22.02.2012 The European Court of Justice is to review whether the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is incompatible with the EU’s fundamental rights and freedoms, the European...Categories: Legal, Internet, Intellectual Property, Consumer Tech, Communications, Games/Entertainment, Media -
Germany postpones decision to sign controversial ACTA treaty News
10.02.2012 As thousands of people in 200 European cities prepare to march in protest tomorrow against the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), Germany has delivered a potentially... -
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... -
ISPs speak out against legal change dubbed ‘Irish SOPA’ News
03.02.2012 The furious debate surrounding the statutory instrument to amend the Copyright Act 2000 – dubbed the ‘Irish SOPA’ – until now has seen one group maintain a dignified silence.... -
UK broadband speeds are 22pc faster than last year News
02.02.2012 Broadband speeds in the UK have shot up by 22pc on last year, a new survey by Ofcom reveals. Residential broadband speeds in November were 7.6Mbps, compared with 6.2Mbps a year... -
SOPA Box – debating the future of the internet in Ireland News
31.01.2012 Ahead of this evening’s Dail debate on the statutory instrument that amends the Copyright Act 2000, two of the leaders behind the Stop SOPA Ireland petition – Michele Neylon and... -
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 -
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 -
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... -
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... -
Copyright holders seek ‘reasonable measures’ to halt piracy News
25.11.2011 UPDATE - Sources close to the entertainment industry locally, who are fighting to protect the rights of copyright holders in the face of wholesale piracy online, say yesterday’s... -
Will Irish ISPs take greater steps to protect children online? News
14.10.2011 Earlier this week, it emerged that four ISPs in the UK voluntarily moved to block porn and only allow access on an opt-in basis in order to prevent children from accessing this... -
Tough new broadband advertising rules for UK ISPs News
29.09.2011 The body responsible for writing advertising rules in the UK, the Committees of Advertising Practice (CAP), has ruled that ISPs can no longer use the use the term ‘unlimited’ if... -
Massive growth in data traffic on Irish networks - INEX News
23.09.2011 The volume of data passing through Ireland’s internet service provider peering network increased more than 16 times in the past five years. -
Irish wireless broadband firm joins US body WISPA News
16.09.2011 A Cork wireless broadband company has joined the US Wireless Internet Services Providers Association (WISPA) as it continues to consolidate its presence in the US. -
Telcos face bandwidth struggle against rise of OTT video News
18.07.2011 The over the top (OTT) video trend that will see a proliferation of online video on consumer electronic devices will represent an enormous bandwidth challenge for telcos and...