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Music Industry Sues Irish Government For Piracy
bs0d3 writes "The music industry has initiated a lawsuit against the Irish government for not having blocking laws on the books; on the theory that if blocking laws were in place then filesharing would go away. On Tuesday the music industry issued a plenary summons against the Irish government which is the first step towards making this litigation possible. This all began in October 2010 (EMI v. UPC), when an Irish judge ruled that Irish law did not permit an order to be made against an ISP requiring blocking of websites. Recently several ISPs across the European Union have been ordered by courts to block thepiratebay.org through legal maneuvers."
The Irish, being a compliant group, will no doubt capitulate without a fight.
"Have you ever thought about just turning off the TV, sitting down with your kids, and hitting them?"
Do good for your people; time to blow up a few lawyers...
Delta-Mike November Bravo Tango
> I wonder what is next?
After suing their customers, suing a sovereign country was the next logical business move. After Ireland, they will sue the United Nations, only to learn they have less money than Ireland. So then they'll sue Portugal and Greece. Then God.
Then they'll come back to Earth and sue their distribution chain, then their singers and songwriters, and finally, in a final act of desperate cannibalism, they'll finally sue the Master of all Piracy - Weird Al.
>> what is the MAFIAA going get?
Why, the Irish people, of course.
Suing customers costs money. The Irish cost nothing.
Change the laws: copyright on music expires after 20 days. ISP have to block websites hosting infringing copies of music 3 weeks after being given written notice of the specific file/url/whatever to block. Of course once the copyright expires the block is no longer required (since it isn't infringing anymore).
Everyone wins!
Judge: To the plaintiff, the RIAA, I award 10 billion dollars. ...Sinéad O'Connor?
Ireland: Now see here laddie, we ain't got that type of money now.
Judge: Hmm... What DO you have?
Ireland: Well, we have good old Irish luck! And we have this four-leaf clover that's always brought us... well financial ruin when you get down to it.
Judge: I hear you have good whiskey...
Ireland: WE'LL KILL YE WHERE YE STAND BY GOD!!!
Judge: OKAY, calm down. What else?
Ireland: We have a few bands I suppose we could part with. The Cranberries! They're Irish! They can have the Cranberries. Remember "Zombie?"
Judge: I'm trying not to... zo-hom-bie,zo-hom-bie,... damnit! Well, not good enough. Who else?
Ireland:
Judge: Oh come on!
Ireland: Who do ye suggest?
Judge: I think you know.
Ireland: Oh... God no... you couldn't be talking about
Judge: Yes. U2.
Ireland: (starts crying) No! Not Bono! You can take the Edge and... that other guy, but leave Bono!
Strange, I didn't think there were any Irish lawyers.
None of them can pass a bar.
Curtains and drapes are the same thing, dumbass. That's like saying "the curtains matched the curtains".
MAFIAA: They should pay damages for our fictional 70 trillion lost sales from piracy!
Judge: Ok, you can have the fictional pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
The mature (fun) ones do. You need to stay away from little girls; it's illegal.
Each songwriter who signed copyright over to the music company has a copy of the original song in their memory! How can these illegal copies be allowed without proper licensing and fees?
Those songwriters better pay up, or get in line for a lobotomy.
Why are you sawing up women, are you a fucking magician?