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Irish ISPs Point Out They're Under No Obligation To Follow Three Strikes Policy
from the pushback-time dept
Last month, we wrote about how the recording industry association in Ireland, IRMA, was sending around vaguely threatening letters to ISPs, telling them that they had to abide by the settlement terms made by the ISP Eircom, which included a three strikes policy and, according to IRMA -- but not Eircom -- an agreement not to protest should IRMA convince the gov't that certain sites, such as The Pirate Bay, should be blocked altogether. Luckily, the folks at those ISPs recognize they're under no legal obligation to do this, and as reader eoinmonty alerts us, those ISPs have now made that clear to IRMA, sending the group a letter, saying that the legal threat implied by IRMA's original letter was spurious, and the ISPs believe they're just fine under current European law.
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Erin Go Bragh!!
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Sure and Begorra
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I love Ireland
PS Happy ST. Patty's day! (yay for green beer too!)
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Re: Erin Go Bragh!!
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Good to see
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Re: I love Ireland
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It's actually 'Póg mo thóin' but your attempt was much more humorous :-)
IRMA are seeing how far they can push the ISPs before they push back. Thankfully, it wasn't too far[yet..].
Have a great Paddy's Day!!!!!!!
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Yay Ireland.
Now if only the US ISPs and Microsoft would follow their lead.
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Finally, some sense prevails
Also I wonder to what extent public awareness of sites like Pirate Bay has been enhanced by IRMA?
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lafsar
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