Ireland's ISPs may be the first in Europe to block file sharing

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Brendan Kehoe <brendan () zen org>
Date: February 23, 2009 12:21:09 PM EST
To: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: Ireland's ISPs may be the first in Europe to block file sharing

Hi Dave,

For IP, if you've not already received word of it elsewhere.

All the best,
B


   http://www.sbpost.ie/post/pages/p/story.aspx-qqqt=NEWS-qqqs=news-qqqid=39782-qqqx=1.asp

   Music-swapping sites to be blocked by internet providers
   Sunday, February 22, 2009  By Adrian Weckler


   Irish internet users are to be blocked from accessing music swapping
   websites, as internet service providers bow to pressure from the
   music industry. Eircom, the country’s biggest internet provider, is
   to start blocking its internet customers from accessing music  
swapping.

   The country’s other internet providers have been told by the Irish
   Recorded Music Association (Irma) to follow suit or face legal
   action. If the music industry is successful, Ireland will become the
   first European country to completely block access to hundreds of
   file-sharing websites.

   ...





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