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Meshuggah 12:10 AM 5th February 2009
Originally Posted by Unknown Convict:
ultrasound - encomium cdr (mystery sea)
thank you in advance
At least some of it is on the Soulseek p2p network.ultrasound - encomium cdr (mystery sea)
thank you in advance
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pete 10:09 PM 22nd February 2009
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Under the terms of an agreement between Eircom and Irma, Eircom will not oppose any court application, meaning that the orders will be automatically granted. A spokesman for Eircom confirmed that Eircom ‘‘will not oppose any application [Irma] may make seeking the blocking of access from their network’’ to blacklisted websites.
The rest of the country’s internet providers, which include BT, UPC (which owns NTL and Chorus) and mobile operators, have yet to respond formally. The move was disclosed in a letter sent to internet providers last week, threatening legal action if they did not comply with Irma’s demands.
Irma has identified Pirate Bay, the world’s biggest file swapping website, as the first site that it will seek to have blocked. It will then move on to ‘‘similar websites’’.
http://www.thepost.ie/post/pages/p/s...782-qqqx=1.aspUnder the terms of an agreement between Eircom and Irma, Eircom will not oppose any court application, meaning that the orders will be automatically granted. A spokesman for Eircom confirmed that Eircom ‘‘will not oppose any application [Irma] may make seeking the blocking of access from their network’’ to blacklisted websites.
The rest of the country’s internet providers, which include BT, UPC (which owns NTL and Chorus) and mobile operators, have yet to respond formally. The move was disclosed in a letter sent to internet providers last week, threatening legal action if they did not comply with Irma’s demands.
Irma has identified Pirate Bay, the world’s biggest file swapping website, as the first site that it will seek to have blocked. It will then move on to ‘‘similar websites’’.
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I is John 10:12 PM 22nd February 2009
bunch of pricks, 99% of torrents I use are for bootlegs and the like, think they'll try to block something like rapidshare?
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pete 10:51 PM 22nd February 2009
i'm just curious to see how they implement it and where it goes next
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Jasper 07:13 AM 23rd February 2009
Originally Posted by I is John:
think they'll try to block something like rapidshare?
I don't think so, it hasn't been mentioned at all and all the focus seems to be on torrents.think they'll try to block something like rapidshare?
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quackster 09:20 AM 23rd February 2009
Originally Posted by pete:
i'm just curious to see how they implement it and where it goes next
Yes, should be interesting since it seems like IRMA now have carte-blanche from Eircom to censor the internet i'm just curious to see how they implement it and where it goes next
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dudley 09:36 AM 23rd February 2009
i'm just hoping piratebay turns around and sues eircom, which they may well do, to set an example to other European ISP's
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Jelly_Block 10:37 AM 23rd February 2009
IRMA Head of Anti-Piracy Operations: Sean Murtagh
Telephone: 01 280 65 71
just in case anyone wants to phone and discuss or maybe just order him a pizza for all his sterling work
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Telephone: 01 280 65 71
just in case anyone wants to phone and discuss or maybe just order him a pizza for all his sterling work
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ratmonkey 10:55 AM 23rd February 2009
There's a load of pirates off the coast of Somalia, maybe they should look there.
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pete 08:03 AM 18th March 2009
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03..._irma_threats/
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Originally Posted by The Register:
After weeks of silence on the issue, the Internet Service Providers in Ireland (ISPAI) released a statement of position saying they're under no legal obligation to follow IRMA's orders.
http://www.ispai.ie/docs/20090313copyright.pdfAfter weeks of silence on the issue, the Internet Service Providers in Ireland (ISPAI) released a statement of position saying they're under no legal obligation to follow IRMA's orders.
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Privacy of user communications is protected in European and Irish legislation. ISPs can not be expected to ignore these merely because it does not suit another private party. To do so would breach the privacy of our users as well as having serious implications for the continued location of international e-business in this country and the jobs these generate.
According to ISPAI's website the org's members include BT Ireland, O2, Verizon Ireland, Vodafone, Clearwire, Google Ireland, UPC Ireland, and...Eircom. The letter states the ISPAI board of directors and general manager consulted with its members, who voted on a majority basis to approve the position statement.Privacy of user communications is protected in European and Irish legislation. ISPs can not be expected to ignore these merely because it does not suit another private party. To do so would breach the privacy of our users as well as having serious implications for the continued location of international e-business in this country and the jobs these generate.
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