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Stop SOPA Ireland

category national | rights, freedoms and repression | news report author Friday January 27, 2012 10:01author by Indyjourno Report this post to the editors

Sean Sherlock, Minister for Enterprise, Jobs and Innovation, has introduced new legislation that is being called Irelands SOPA. The legislation is being introduced as a statutory instrument which means that it will be implemented by the signature of the Minster and not a vote in the Dáil.
Take action. Protect the Irish Internet from censorship
Take action. Protect the Irish Internet from censorship

The legislation will give Courts the powers to block ISP’s and other intermediaries who provide services that might possibly be used for copyright infringement. It is similar to the SOPA legislation that was recently proposed and then dropped in the US after major websites like Wikepedia demonstrated against the proposals by blacking out for a day.

In Ireland the law is being introduced due to pressure from the music industry who are currently suing the Irish government for failing to provide legislative provisions for blocking, diverting and interrupting internet after a High Court decision in October 2010 of High Court Judge Peter Charleton in EMI V UPC where he held that Irish law did not permit an order to be made against an ISP requiring blocking of websites.

There is due to be a discussion of the legislation in the Dáil next week

Contact your local TD's to protest this legislation
http://www.contact.ie/webform/stop-sopa-and-acta-ireland

For further details
http://www.thejournal.ie/ireland%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98sop...2012/
http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/reader-irelands-sopa-a-faq/
http://www.tjmcintyre.com/2012/01/music-industry-sues-i....html
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Ireland-SOPA-Sean-Sher....html
http://stopsopaireland.com/#2

What passes as "debate" on this important issue in our parliament by Mr Sherlock before fast tracking it through without a vote:
http://www.thejournal.ie/sherlock-still-committed-to-signing-imminent-copyright-law-338173-Jan2012/
Basically "we're putting this through no matter what. But ye should all have a nice "organic" debate about it afterwards when it's too late"

Related Link: http://stopsopaireland.com/

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   ACTA     Crazy Cat    Sun Jan 29, 2012 13:27 
   Demo     Frank    Sun Jan 29, 2012 18:56 
   The Labour party of Ireland have torn it now     soap    Sun Jan 29, 2012 20:38 
   'New media' attacked     vested interest    Mon Feb 06, 2012 13:58 
   sob....     btjunkie    Wed Feb 08, 2012 22:57 
   Sound of irony: Copyright firm fined after stealing music for anti-piracy ad     AAARRRRRR    Fri Jul 20, 2012 02:02 
   EMI Records sue Irish ISPs     T    Thu Jan 03, 2013 21:51 


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