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Irish ISP Eircom Agrees to Block The Pirate Bay

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 20, 2009 - 10:46am.
Dublin, Ireland - Irish ISP Eircom has agreed to demands from copyright holders to block access to file-sharing hub The Pirate Bay, TorrentFreak reported.
tags: P2P | Music | Movies | Copyright | IFPI | The Pirate Bay | IRMA | Eircom | UPC | BT Ireland |

Record Labels Sue Irish ISPs to Force 'Three-Strikes' P2P Policy

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 22, 2009 - 11:39am.
Dublin, Ireland - After suing Ireland's largest ISP Eircom and getting the company to agree to voluntarily implement a "three-strikes" policy on file-swappers, the four major record labels have now sued the country's second-largest telco, BT Ireland, and cable operator UPC, to get them to follow suit, the Irish Times reports.
tags: Law | Lawsuits | P2P | Music | RIAA | Copyright | BT | IRMA | Eircom | Three-Strikes | UPC |