Stop SOPA Ireland

by T Thu Jan 03, 2013 21:51

As we all know Eircom caved into the copyright police awhile block and they now happily act to block websites on orders from the music and media industry, And as predicted would happen It appears the music industry is aiming its sights on all the other ISPs as they have filed High Court papers against UPC Communications Ireland Ltd, Vodafone Ireland Ltd, Imagine Telecommunications Ltd, Digiweb Ltd and Hutchinson 3 G Ltd

This was brought to attention here: http://www.mcgarrsolicitors.ie/2012/12/07/emi-records-i...isps/ and details can be found there.

But it also points out:

.....On the 5th December 2011 representatives of EMI and the other music companies met with Minister of State Sean Sherlock. They said they intended to seek the implementation of the SOPA-like Statutory Instrument so that they could seek injunctive relief against ISPs. You can read the memorandum of that meeting. They told the Minister “the wording of the SI as published is ideal” .

On the last day of February this year, the Government gave them their ideal law. See http://stopsopaireland.com/response-to-signing-of-sopa-...d-si/

by AAARRRRRR Fri Jul 20, 2012 02:02

Irony is not dead.

Sound of irony: Copyright firm fined after stealing music for anti-piracy ad
http://www.rt.com/news/netherlands-copyright-court-fine...-440/
Published: 18 July, 2012, 13:23

A music royalty collection agency in the Netherlands got trapped by the very copyright rules it was intended to protect. The company has been fined for stealing music from its client, using it without his permission and failing to pay royalties.

Music royalty collection agency Buma/Stemra now owes at least 164,974 euro to the Dutch musician Melchior Rietveldt, a sum calculated by the recording artist himself.

Back in 2006, Buma/Stemra approached Melchior Rietveldt with a request to create a composition that would be used in an anti-piracy advertisement. At that time the group claimed it would be shown exclusively at a local film festival.

But to the composer’s amusement, one year later he purchased a Harry Potter DVD only to find that his piece was being used in the anti-piracy ad without his permission.

In fact, it had been used on dozens of DVDs both in the Netherlands and overseas.

Rietveldt then went to the music royalty collecting agency to ask for financial compensation. Eventually Buma/Stemra sent him “an advance” of 15,000 euro along with a promise to forward a list of all the other DVDs that the composer’s music had been used on.

That list never arrived, but according to the Amsterdam Court, it amounted to at least 71 commercial DVDs.

Despite much wrangling, by 2011 Buma/Stemra still hadn’t provided Rietveldt with the necessary data, but did pay another 10,000 euro ‘advance’.

In June, Buma/Stemra paid Rietveld another 31,000 euro. But this week the Amsterdam District Court ruled that Buma/Stemra had indeed been negligent in their handling of the case.

They were fined 20,000 euro, ordered to pay Rietveldt’s legal costs, and told to continue efforts to pay a

by btjunkie Wed Feb 08, 2012 22:57

One of the best torrent sites closes...

RIP btjunkie.org :-(

http://btjunkie.org/goodbye.html

by vested interest Mon Feb 06, 2012 13:58

This is the level of debate of the vested interest who in close cooperation with government control the whack that passes for news in Ireland : http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0206/media.html

Yep, we are consumers of crap and tat: failed celebrities and the latest fashion is far more important than debate, which in Seán Sherlock's tiny little head amounts to taking consultation from a tiny pool of interests and launching ill-advised ad hominen attacks on the 80,000 people who signed against 'his' SI.

The Labour Party have failed already.

by soap Sun Jan 29, 2012 20:38

It appears that the Irish labour Party have found that playing with the big boys involves dumping the grass-root and becoming industry-hacks. Certainly this is what the Greens did also, and everyone can see what happened there, even if if was behind closed doors.

In short their budgets have been unfair, they have cut the NWCI, they have targetted the poor in budget-arrangements with FG and now they wish to destroy communication and sharing. Whatever Viagra is in the Dáil water is not worth burning the ship and dancing on the burning deck. Seán Sherlock T.D did not engage in consultation, and published the wording within one hour of attempting to use RTÉ to get people 'on message' regarding his willingness to disgrace both Office and party.

This is not policy , it is simple censorship.

http://stopsopaireland.com/breaking-news-sean-sherlock-...line/

I'd be using contact.ie and lobbying those eejits whose inflexibility makes a mockery of an electoral system that is in the hand , pocket and ball-space on IBEC, EMI,Éircom and IMRO (The circle-jerk of the 'entertainment industry)

by Frank Sun Jan 29, 2012 18:56

ACTA and SOPA directly affects YOU.

Bascically just watch the video..and you'll know everything!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAkpsRLESWk

Further information on ACTA http://www.stopacta.info/about

Petition & information on SOPA Ireland http://stopsopaireland.com/

Meet at the garden of remberence (top of O connell street) at one o clock, we will then march to the Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation and make ourselves heard! WE cannot let Ireland or Europe get away with this. I REPEAT GARDEN OF REMEMBERENCE AT ONE PM.
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If Everyone could have some sort of a tape over your mouth to symbolize no freedom of speech,it would be great :)

by Crazy Cat Sun Jan 29, 2012 13:27

The leglistation in Ireland stems from this

http://www.laquadrature.net/acta