Movie Industry Wants Irish ISPs To Block Pirate Movie Streaming Portals (torrentfreak.com)

Posted by msmash on Tuesday February 7, 2017 @05:20AM from the blockade-brigade dept.

The Motion Picture Association is trying to have three popular streaming portals blocked by Irish Internet providers. In a new court case, the movie studios describe movie4k.to, primewire.ag and onwatchseries.to as massive copyright infringement hubs, with each offering thousands of infringing movies. From a TorrentFreak report: RTE reports that the MPA's fresh blocking demands are targeting a total of eight ISPs -- Eir, Sky Ireland, Vodafone Ireland, Virgin Media Ireland, Three Ireland, Digiweb, Imagine Telecommunications and Magnet Networks. Based on yesterday's hearing it appears to be only a matter of time before the three sites will be blocked. None of the ISPs have raised principle objections against a court determination in this case. That said, reports suggest that there are still a few finer details that have to be worked out, which could include issues regarding costs and the technical implementation.

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Let's hope they don't succeed... by admin7087 · 2017-02-07 05:23 · Score: 4, Insightful

Otherwise my girlfriend will get very, very angry, and I'm going to be the one who has to 'fix' the streaming for her *again*...
(Before someone asks: No, the obscure old TV series she likes to watch are not available for purchase where we live.)
1. Re: Let's hope they don't succeed... by Anonymous Coward · 2017-02-07 05:40 · Score: 2, Insightful
  
  God needs to stay out of my tv rights, unless he is a registered voter.
2. Re:Let's hope they don't succeed... by Errol+backfiring · 2017-02-07 05:44 · Score: 4, Insightful
  
  Copyright violation is not theft. And if it were, it would be pretty hard to steal something that is not (lovemaking or otherwise) available anyway. And if the girlfriend was born on this side of the pond, she had the right to see anything she wanted to see. After WW II, we were granted the right to receive all signals as a basic freedom (the Germans had made listening to free radio stations a crime). I know the industry wants to take all rights away, including the fundamental ones, but for now the radio freedom is still a fundamental part of being a free citizen.
  
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  Nae king! Nae laird! Nae yurrupiean pressedent! We willna be fooled again!