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Stop upload filter censorship – oppose the Copyright Directive
The European Parliament will vote on the Copyright Directive this week, on 26 March 2019. Over 100,000 Europeans went on the street to protest at the weekend. Article 17 (formerly Article 13) is the most contentious part of the proposed Directive. It provides for automated filtering …
Submission to the Copyright Review Committee
Here’s our submission to the Copyright Review Committee: Digital Rights Ireland Copyright Review Submission …
Submission on the IP Enforcement Directive
Today was the last day for submissions to the European Commission consultation on the IP Enforcement Directive and we’re very grateful to Alan Toner for putting together a short submission emphasising some of the many problems with it. Full text after the jump. …
Internet Filtering in Ireland: More Information from the Seanad
Following on from our freedom of information request, Senator Paschal Donohue recently raised the issue of internet filtering in the Seanad. In a perceptive intervention he pointed to business risks of filtering and sought to establish precisely what is the current policy in this area. …
Pulling the plug is not the answer
Dr. Richard Tynan and I have a piece in Saturday’s Irish Examiner discussing the implications of Eircom’s “phased disconnection” scheme. Unfortunately it doesn’t seem to be on their website, so here’s the full text: Pulling the plug is not the answer Earlier this week Eircom …
JC Decaux should backpedal on iPhone app threat
[Cross-posted from IT Law in Ireland] I’m quoted in today’s Irish Times on the threats made by JC Decaux against Fusio resulting in their taking down their Dublin Bikes App. Leave aside for a moment the PR stupidity of this strategy. Ignore if you will …
Music industry pushing for internet filtering as well as “three strikes” – what can you do about it?
Looks like we got it wrong. When we wrote about the deal between Eircom and the music industry we believed (as the early reports seemed to say) that it only involved a “three strikes” system and that the daft notion of internet filtering was off …
Department of Justice continues tradition of secrecy on data retention
You might have noticed Karlin Lillington’s story in the Irish Times today about the Department of Justice’s new proposals on data retention. To make a long story short, it turns out that the Attorney General was not impressed with its remarkable plans to change the …
Three unproven accusations and you’re out – why the Eircom / IRMA deal is bad for internet users
The internet is abuzz (Irish Times | EFF | ars technica | Boing Boing) with the news that Eircom and the record labels have reached an out of court settlement in which Eircom has agreed to implement a “three strikes” regime for disconnecting people accused …
Tell your MEP to say no to copyright extension
The European Parliament is currently considering proposals that would dramatically increase – close to doubling – the length of copyright in music recordings. We’d like you to tell your MEP to vote no. Why are these proposals being pushed? Because copyright in many classic recordings …
23 Filesharers to be Identified – But Concerns Remain
The “fight against piracy” trundles along with news that IRMA have obtained another High Court order requiring ISPs to identify 23 subscribers who are accused of filesharing. As usual, we can’t condone illegal filesharing (though we should point out that this is just one of …
Copycrime Directive – Update
The Copycrime Directive (IPRED2) has passed its first reading in the European Parliament. However, the vote was much closer than anticipated, and there are signs that some member states are beginning to have second thoughts about the Directive. The Directive still has a long way …