[ILUG] Eircom surrenders

[Cathal A. Ferris]

On Thu, 29 Jan 2009, Braun Brelin wrote:

> Article in today's Irish Times about how Eircom has capitulated to the "Big
> Four" music labels and will start implementing
> "Three strikes" laws against illegal downloaders/uploaders.
>
> http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2009/0129/1232923373331.html
>
> I think Ireland needs a "Pirate Party" a la Sweden.
>
> Braun
> -- 
> Irish Linux Users' Group mailing list
> About this list : http://mail.linux.ie/mailman/listinfo/ilug
> Who we are : http://www.linux.ie/
> Where we are : http://www.linux.ie/map/
>

Typical - misimplemented and it'll be made a joke of.
Problems as I see it:
- No definition of 'filesharing'
- Reliance on a crowd of muppets to provide information that will lead to 
denial of service
- No distinction between copyright violation and allowed sharing
- No distiction between types of shared data (e.g. open source v. music)
- No appeals procedure.


Idiots.
I wonder what IMRO's stance on the matter is - the same people that sent a 
'cease and desist' to a fellow Skynet member that his own music shared...

Anyone involved in the other providers, please tell the music companies 
where to shove it.



--
Cathal Ferris                   +353 87 6438725
pio at csn.ul.ie                   http://www.swibble.com