Friday, 20. February 2009
Topic: COPYRIGHT - on February 20, 2009 at 10:15:00 AM CET
Recording Industry Says Irish ISPs Shouldn't Protest If It Demands Pirate Bay Block
Irish ISP Eircom recently settled a lawsuit with the recording industry. The lawsuit itself was an oddity -- as it was the first time we could recall the industry actually suing an ISP over charges related to file sharing. The settlement, though, was quite troubling, as Eircom agreed to kick file sharers off the internet via a "three strikes" plan, despite the fact that many countries in Europe have said that it doesn't make sense to kick users off the internet -- and may actually be a violation of their civil rights.
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