Irish Times: “Over 7,000 sign ‘piracy law’ petition”
In today’s edition of the Irish Times, from journalist Elaine Edwards:
An online petition against the Government’s plan to allow music publishers and other parties take internet service providers to court in a bid to prevent their customers accessing ‘pirate’ material has received over 7,800 signatures in less than a day.
The stopsopaireland.com site had attracted over 6,700 signatures by this morning, having gone live just yesterday morning. A thousand signatures were added in a 50-minute period, according to the site’s administrators.
Irish Times: “Over 7,000 sign ‘piracy law’ petition”
dont bring in sopa.judges will have to much power
Great job, guys!!
It’s over 11,000 now.
Keep up the good work guys. We can not let something like this pass. Its not only bad for industry but bad for everyone. It will not deter pirates at all.
Lovely:P
I’ve just read a really interesting piece about pirates. It would appear that they are particularly active around the immediate coastline of Somalia, a place with no functioning national government and therefore authority for around twenty years now. As a result of this kind of behaviour going so unchecked, and in a vote of sympathy with the commercial interests who obviously suffer at the hands of these brigands, I propose that we drain the Indian Ocean. That’ll put a stop to their gallop, oh my stars yes.
Great work everyone!
Don’t bring in sopa!!!!
It’s interesting that they’re trying to bring it in through the backdoor, really quickly and quietly. They are disgusting, if they think that it would slip by unnoticed.
Do these people even fully understand how detrimental to the Irish people this act will be?
Have they even bothered to read it?
Congratulations. Hopefully such a silly bill won’t get passed. I’m for giving people their share where it’s due, but this is just going backwards instead of forwards.
Stacy, this isn’t a bill but a statutory instrument, which is a mechanism for a minister to inact a minor law without it going to the Dáil and Seanad for debate and a vote.
I’m confused here – apparently the minister is planning to clear up the wording relating to copyrights in the constitution… but I was under the impression that ANY amendment to the constitution had to go to referendum??
Joe, this has nothing to do with the constitution. It has to do with two things: the Copyright and Related Rights Act, 2000, and the EMI vs. UPC High Court ruling from a few years back.