Tagged: Digital Rights Ireland & News
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Music industry and ISPs need to work together on copyright – IMRO News
29.06.2011 The Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO) said there is no adequate legislation to protect songwriters, authors and publishers in the digital era and said it was imperative it... -
Ireland could be ‘poster boy’ for digital economy jobs growth News
19.11.2010 For decades, Silicon Valley has been the poster boy of innovation and jobs growth in technology. If Ireland resolves legal and regulatory issues, it too could be the location of... -
Digital rights activists vow to fight Big Brother directive News
11.02.2009 A civil rights group has vowed to fight on, despite a decision by the European Court of Justice not to strike down a major data retention law that calls for the storage of...Categories: CIO, GovernmentTags: data retention, Digital Rights Ireland, -
Digital rights activists take Irish government to court News
20.06.2008 The High Court case between Digital Rights Ireland and the Irish Government over the contentious EU Data Retention Directive kicks off today and will see an intervention from... -
Lobby group condemns big four labels’ attack on Eircom News
12.03.2008 Lobby group Digital Rights Ireland has broadly condemned the legal action being brought by big four record labels EMI, Universal, Warner and Sony BMG against Eircom for... -
In a State of surveillance News
28.02.2008 “From the age of uniformity, from the age of solitude, from the age of Big Brother, from the age of doublethink – greetings! ” – George Orwell, 1984Categories: CIO -
Does Facebook hold up to EU privacy laws? News
11.02.2008 Almost 200,000 Irish people are members of popular social networking site Facebook. But are we really sure what Facebook is planning to do with our personal data?Categories: CIO -
Civil rights group fights data retention fast-tracking News
25.01.2008 As the Irish Government is literally weeks away from implementing the controversial EU Directive on data retention which would force ISPs (internet service providers) to keep...Categories: CIOTags: data retention, Digital Rights Ireland, -
Facebook investigated under EU data protection law News
24.01.2008 As the Information Commissioner in the UK begins an investigation over how Facebook stores, retains and uses the personal data of its members, Ireland also has a pressing need... -
Privacy group slams stealth surveillance laws News
21.01.2008 An Irish civil rights group has hit out at what it describes as “unacceptable” government proposals to introduce surveillance of all Irish internet users.Categories: CIO, Government -
ISPs to hand names of file sharers to IRMA News
08.06.2007 The Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA) has won a High Court case requiring seven internet service providers to hand over the names and addresses of 23 Irish people...