Tagged: IRMA & News
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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... -
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... -
SOPA in Europe – Dutch ISPs refuse to block The Pirate Bay News
30.01.2012 In a battle reminiscent of the UPC vs the record industry of 2010 and a foreshadow of what may happen in Ireland once a new statutory instrument amending the Copyright Act 2000... -
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... -
Eircom has 21 days to respond to halt ‘three strikes’ order by DPC News
19.12.2011 The Data Protection Commission has given Eircom 21 days to respond to its decision to instruct the operator to halt its ‘three strikes’ policy against music piracy. Under the... -
Telcos, ISPs anxious as digital copyright law changes loom News
22.06.2011 Telcos and ISPs in Ireland have just more than a week left to respond to proposals aimed at changing Ireland’s copyright laws, which they fear could result in controversial... -
Eircom plans mobile apps for new MusicHub News
15.12.2010 Eircom has told Siliconrepublic it is planning to produce iPhone, Android and Windows Phone 7 app versions of its new 4.5m song MusicHub in 2011 in a move that will see it...Categories: Phones, Networking & Telecoms, Mobility, Mobile, Digital Media, Digital Business, Apps Zone, Apps -
Eircom to cut illegal downloaders' broadband for up to 12 months News
08.12.2010 Ireland’s incumbent telecoms operator Eircom said today it is implementing a protocol that would suspend and ultimately disconnect the broadband service of users who repeatedly...Tags: Warner, Universal, Sony, EMI, Three Strikes, Broadband, Downloads, Music, Copyright Infringement, IRMA -
Vodafone mulls ‘three strikes’ rule on illegal downloads News
16.06.2010 Vodafone has said that while it is in discussions with music rights holders it is still too early to confirm that it will implement the ‘three strikes and you’re out’ rule as... -
The day the music (piracy) died in Ireland News
17.04.2010 Three strikes and you’re out! A decision by a judge to allow record companies to hand over the IP addresses of illegal music downloaders to internet service providers clears the...Tags: Eircom, EMI, Sony, Music, Piracy, ISP, Data Protection Commissioner , Warner, Universal, Illegal Downloads, Three Strikes, IRMA, -
Eircom’s anti-piracy crackdown begins today News
24.05.2010 The January 2009 court settlement between the Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA) and Eircom cranks into action today as the ISP starts the process of cutting off broadband... -
EU in web U-turn to allow member States to ban illegal file sharers News
23.10.2009 Despite a recent amendment affirming internet access as a “basic human right”, the European Parliament has done a complete U-turn and is intent on allowing EU countries to ban... -
Pirate Party hits out at Eircom’s plan to block The Pirate Bay News
25.08.2009 The Irish branch of the European Parliament’s elected Pirate Party has expressed deep concern at Eircom’s plan to block The Pirate Bay from 1 September. -
Eircom/IRMA agreement details leaked News
11.08.2009 Further details of the landmark January 2009 court settlement between the Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA) and Eircom have been leaked.Categories: Digital Life -
BT vows to fight big four music labels’ ‘three strikes’ case News
04.07.2009 Ireland’s second largest telecoms operator has vowed to ‘strongly defend’ against efforts by the big four music labels – EMI, Sony, Universal and Warner – to get it to implement... -
UPC confirms illegal download court hearing against ‘Big Four’ next week News
30.06.2009 Cable broadband provider UPC has confirmed that it has been served with a plenary summons by solicitors acting on behalf of the ‘Big Four’ record labels EMI, Warner, Universal... -
Big four music labels to take UPC and BT to court News
22.06.2009 Big Four music labels – Universal, Warner, Sony and EMI – are taking two of Ireland’s leading alternative licensed operators, UPC and BT, to court over illegal downloads and... -
Eircom/IRMA ‘three strikes’ deal rocked by French court ruling News
11.06.2009 The ability of the Big Four music labels in Ireland – Universal, Warner, Sony and EMI – to prosecute Irish internet service providers (ISPs) via the ‘three strikes’ settlement...Categories: Comms, Government -
Pirate Bay introduces service to cloak file sharers News
24.03.2009 IRMA (the Irish Recorded Music Association) won’t like this: the guys behind BitTorrent indexing site The Pirate Bay are turning up the heat on the online file-sharing wars by...Categories: Digital LifeTags: The Pirate Bay, IRMA, -
Lobby group calls for stop to censorship plans News
26.02.2009 The recent agreement between Eircom and Irish music industry representatives will put “an end to uncensored internet access in Ireland”, says lobby group Ireland Offline.Categories: Comms