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Victory For Irish File Sharers Dashed By Government Report

Posted by Unknown on from the protect-revenue-at-any-cost dept.

2phar writes "The Irish Government is 'to publish an order early in the new year to allow music publishers, film producers and other parties to go to court to prevent ISPs from allowing their customers access to "pirate" websites.' The government has 'written to music publisher EMI Ireland confirming the order will be published and incorporated into existing legislation in January ... EMI Ireland recently warned the Government that it would take legal action against the State if the Government did not address the problem.'" This is a response to a ruling that Eircom's current "three strikes" rules were illegal due to privacy issues.

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  1. Go green. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ireland. You're now our bitch. Bend over and take it like the sissy you are.

    -RiAA

    1. Re:Go green. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      Dear RiAA,
                        We recognize that you prevent a world full of honest musicians from making a living by monopoly of industry. You give intangible songs value and charge for them while those not chosen as slaves by you languish, barely able to scrape a living in pubs if at all. In a working world, there is no "music industry" and all musicians promote themselves by giving away music to increase their publicity and charge for performances. By charging for what God gave us for free, you have gagged the worlds musicians ability to promote themselves on a level playing field, thus reserving profits for yourselves while not actually adding any value to the world. The RiAA can expect a visit from the IRA soon.
                  Don't eat any ticking potatoes.

                                                  Love Ireland

  2. New corporate overlords by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    > EMI Ireland recently warned the Government
    Ok, so now corporations not only sue people, they openly threaten governments of legal action, and governments chicken out and pass laws that restrict people's freedom. Can we yet declare a new feudal regime?

    1. Re:New corporate overlords by myowntrueself · · Score: 3, Interesting

      I wonder how Irish election campaigns are funded?

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      In the free world the media isn't government run; the government is media run.
  3. The lesser of two evils by Thnurg · · Score: 3, Interesting

    So you're not going to be hauled over the coals through a three strikes system - WIN!
    Certain sites may be blocked - Meh.

    If you really want to get to a site you'll get to it either via tor, running your own DNS, or via a VPN. I'd take this system over a three strikes any day.

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    The months are just too short. I can count the number of days on one hand.
    1. Re:The lesser of two evils by Ihmhi · · Score: 4, Insightful

      I'd take this system over a three strikes any day.

      Why take any system at all?

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      Random Thoughts From A Diseased Mind (Not For Dummies)
  4. Unethical to buy music by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I think the music-industry is hostile to free speech. It is not ethical to buy their music. Use creative-commons or small, independent labels instead.

  5. Re:Sovereign immunity? by Targen · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Blame the WTO's puppet organisation the US for this sort of thing, not the EU.

    Fixed that for you.

  6. Wait, what? by Robert+Zenz · · Score: 4, Interesting

    EMI Ireland recently warned the Government that it would take legal action against the State if the Government did not address the problem.

    "We'll sue you if you don't change your laws"?! On what basis? Did I just misunderstand that sentence?

  7. Re:freedom of speech... by hawkinspeter · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I'm glad I don't live where you live where fundamental freedoms can just be revoked on the whim of a law-maker. If someone tries to legislate my freedom away, they'd better be ready for a fight.

    Just imagine if the progress of science was bound by "intellectual property" - we'd still be in the dark ages. Human culture has always revolved around the sharing of culture, whether that means singing songs around a campfire or viral youtube videos, sharing is in our nature.

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    You're a temporary arrangement of matter sliding towards oblivion in a cold, uncaring universe
  8. Re:Sovereign immunity? by Xest · · Score: 4, Informative

    The US created the WTO to enforce US style IP laws across the globe because WIPO wasn't playing ball due to the fact it was democratic and the small African nations wanting cheap drugs to keep their people alive outvoted the US and it's strong IP law lobby.

    WTO is very much the US' puppet organisation and not vice versa. This is also why the US pushes countries to sign up to it and adhere to it's rulings, whilst simultaneously ignoring rulings against it by the WTO itself.

    I'm not sure how one could claim the WTO is in charge of the US when the whole US the WTO exists is to push US trade policy and the subvert the previously more rational, fair, and democratic nature of WIPO. They're both shit now though, in order to avoid becoming obsolete, WIPO is now adhering to the US line, which is just what the US wanted.

  9. Re:freedom of speech... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So.... where do you live? If you answer United States i'm going to piss myself laughing so hard.

  10. Re:There's always proxies... by GameboyRMH · · Score: 4, Informative

    Don't use TOR for torrents, it bogs the network down while some guy is trying to leak info from China before the government goons bust the door down. Use I2P if you want to run torrents over a darknet.

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    "When information is power, privacy is freedom" - Jah-Wren Ryel
  11. Re:freedom of speech... by JasterBobaMereel · · Score: 3, Funny

    So you don't live in the USA - Where laws allowing companies to do this were created?

    Or Europe - where they apply

    Or any other 1st world nation - who have signed up ...

    Or Any 3rd world nation who owe enough to bow to the corporations

    which leaves repressive dictatorships...

    So you don't live on Earth ? - Life does exist on other planets ...!

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    Puteulanus fenestra mortis
  12. EMI aint broke? by sgt+scrub · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If you have enough money to go round suing governments, piracy must not be cutting very deep into the bottom line.

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    Having to work for a living is the root of all evil.