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jimmybreeze 12:33 PM 19th June 2007
anyone get a solicitors letter yet?
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Irish Court Orders ISPs To Identify P2P Users
June 08, 2007 - Global | Digital and Mobile | Legal and Management
By Nick Kelly, Dublin
The Irish Recorded Music Association on Thursday won a landmark ruling in the High Court in Dublin forcing six Internet service providers (ISPs) to reveal the names and addresses of individuals engaged in alleged illegal file-sharing.
The ruling is the culmination of a six-month operation undertaken by the industry body to stem the tide of Internet piracy in Ireland. IRMA says that it has targeted 23 individuals involved in the alleged illegal distribution of copyrighted music files. It maintains that five individuals are alone responsible for 108,000 shared illegal files, with one individual responsible for 37,500 files.
The judge ordered the six ISPs -- Digiweb, Smart Telecom, Irish Broadband, NTL, Eircom and Imagine -- to provide IRMA with the names and addresses of all twenty-three people involved.
To date the body has prosecuted some 66 individuals, 61 of which have paid financial penalties.
Dick Doyle, director general of IRMA, said the individuals involved are stealing from the artists and affecting the livelihood of many people in the music industry. He added that the association would do everything in its power to ensure they are brought to justice.
Thursday's ruling comes a week after trade body the British Phonographic Industry, with the help of IRMA, successfully prosecuted operators of Internet retailer CD Wow for illegally importing CDs and music DVDs from outside the EEA and selling them to U.K. and Ireland residents.
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Pretty worrying =
Irish Court Orders ISPs To Identify P2P Users
June 08, 2007 - Global | Digital and Mobile | Legal and Management
By Nick Kelly, Dublin
The Irish Recorded Music Association on Thursday won a landmark ruling in the High Court in Dublin forcing six Internet service providers (ISPs) to reveal the names and addresses of individuals engaged in alleged illegal file-sharing.
The ruling is the culmination of a six-month operation undertaken by the industry body to stem the tide of Internet piracy in Ireland. IRMA says that it has targeted 23 individuals involved in the alleged illegal distribution of copyrighted music files. It maintains that five individuals are alone responsible for 108,000 shared illegal files, with one individual responsible for 37,500 files.
The judge ordered the six ISPs -- Digiweb, Smart Telecom, Irish Broadband, NTL, Eircom and Imagine -- to provide IRMA with the names and addresses of all twenty-three people involved.
To date the body has prosecuted some 66 individuals, 61 of which have paid financial penalties.
Dick Doyle, director general of IRMA, said the individuals involved are stealing from the artists and affecting the livelihood of many people in the music industry. He added that the association would do everything in its power to ensure they are brought to justice.
Thursday's ruling comes a week after trade body the British Phonographic Industry, with the help of IRMA, successfully prosecuted operators of Internet retailer CD Wow for illegally importing CDs and music DVDs from outside the EEA and selling them to U.K. and Ireland residents.
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HMD 12:58 PM 19th June 2007
just as well they didn't check utvinternet
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clive 01:00 PM 19th June 2007
thats what you get for breaking the law.
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jimmybreeze 01:03 PM 19th June 2007
Id say Mr. 37,500 files is fucked.
I wonder what the fine would be.
If it was a case of paying the artist the paltry sum that they would get anyway that would be fine,but if it was a case of suing for copyright infringement,id imagine that thatd be another case entirely
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I wonder what the fine would be.
If it was a case of paying the artist the paltry sum that they would get anyway that would be fine,but if it was a case of suing for copyright infringement,id imagine that thatd be another case entirely
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Yurn! 01:05 PM 19th June 2007
RSJ 01:09 PM 19th June 2007
Am i right in understanding that you're safe if you're using a private tracker (like demonoid) for torrents, that it's only soulseek users and such that they're after.
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jimmybreeze 01:14 PM 19th June 2007
I always understood that it was serial uploaders and,as IRMA represent the majors,people sharing major label stuff taht they were after.Basically stuff that would definately lose them money,Im not sure what kind of system theyre using now though
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Yurn! 01:19 PM 19th June 2007
Originally Posted by RSJ:
Am i right in understanding that you're safe if you're using a private tracker (like demonoid) for torrents, that it's only soulseek users and such that they're after.
as far as i know, they're on prosecuting on grounds of taste. Like if i had downloaded 'Deep' from East 17 or perhaps some Savage Garden, they'd pound my ass in the courts, but if i had something worthy like Avro Part they'd be all cool. as far as i know.Am i right in understanding that you're safe if you're using a private tracker (like demonoid) for torrents, that it's only soulseek users and such that they're after.
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ernesto 01:34 PM 19th June 2007
i think its the likes of Kazaa, limewire and soulseek are the p2p file sharing users that will be gotten. and only if youre uploading or sharing a big folder or something. i really really really hope its not torrents and sites like albumbase.com.
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RSJ 01:36 PM 19th June 2007
Originally Posted by REVERSE ANAL COWGIRL:
as far as i know, they're on prosecuting on grounds of taste. Like if i had downloaded 'Deep' from East 17 or perhaps some Savage Garden, they'd pound my ass in the courts, but if i had something worthy like Avro Part they'd be all cool. as far as i know.
Do they get nostalgia with a bit of irony? Was gonna upload a rip of A Year And A Half In The Life Of Metallica to demonoid later today.as far as i know, they're on prosecuting on grounds of taste. Like if i had downloaded 'Deep' from East 17 or perhaps some Savage Garden, they'd pound my ass in the courts, but if i had something worthy like Avro Part they'd be all cool. as far as i know.
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