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Music-Swapping Sites To Be Blocked By Irish ISPs

Posted by timothy on from the to-a-country-near-you dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Irish internet users are to be blocked from accessing music swapping websites, as internet service providers bow to pressure from the music industry. Eircom, the country's biggest internet provider, is to start blocking its internet customers from accessing music swapping."

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  1. Free Music by troll8901 · · Score: 5, Informative

    For a related discussion on free (and non-RIAA) music, see:

    I've just downloaded one artist's Creative Commons songs, and it's not half bad. I'd imagine he might earn cash on freelance composition.

  2. Unexpected Win by Bob+A+Trollmuncher · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here in NZ we have been about to suffer one of the most draconian media industry walkovers that made the DMCA look like a wet bus ticket ... But then something entirely unexpected happened - the government actually after some shiny grassroot protests like the blackout thing that shut down many public sites here in NZ for the day. I might actually have some hope for democracy after all. http://creativefreedom.org.nz/

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