Tagged: Illegal Downloads & News
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Wake up call for music industry – the internet is not harming music sales News
21.03.2013 Music piracy on the web is not hurting but is enhancing legitimate music sales, a European Commission report has claimed. The research claims freely streamed music is actually...Categories: Multimedia, Internet, Intellectual Property, Games/Entertainment, eCommerce, Digital Media, Consumer Tech -
Paid downloads unpopular as Irish youth consume majority of TV content online News
20.03.2013 A survey conducted last week by youth charity SpunOut.ie reveals how young people in Ireland are consuming TV. That is, most commonly, without the traditional TV set, and for... -
Legal pressures contributed to death of internet activist Aaron Swartz News
14.01.2013 The legal and financial pressures of a potential public trial are understood to have contributed to internet activist Aaron Swartz’s death at the weekend. The internet freedom... -
European Commission sounds ACTA’s death knell News
20.12.2012 The controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is dead in the eyes of European legislators who have withdrawn a request for the treaty to be examined by the... -
Record labels’ Pirate Bay case against ISPs fast-tracked to the Commercial Court News
18.12.2012 The High Court has fast-tracked the case being taken by big four record labels against Vodafone, UPC, Digiweb, Imagine and Hutchison 3G seeking the blockage of torrent site The...Tags: Imagine , Illegal Downloads, 3, UPC, Digiweb, Vodafone, ISPs, Copyright Infringement, The Pirate Bay -
UPC denies plans to block The Pirate Bay in Ireland - 'our position has not changed' News
24.10.2012 Cable TV and internet giant UPC has dismissed reports that it plans to block users of torrent sharing site The Pirate Bay and suggested that Irish users who got notices warning... -
Japanese law threatening jail terms for illegal downloaders comes into effect News
01.10.2012 Earlier this year, as a result of lobbying from the music industry, politicians in Japan voted to change the legislation around illegal file sharing to impose prison terms of up... -
New Zealand PM orders inquiry into Kim Dotcom surveillance and arrest News
24.09.2012 The Prime Minister of New Zealand John Key has ordered an inquiry into potential unlawful spying on Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom, who is fighting extradition to the US.Categories: Security, Legal, Internet, Intellectual Property, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech -
Internet users: do not become a hostage to ransomware News
20.09.2012 IT security player ESET has warned that Irish computers are becoming infected with ransomware – with users being blackmailed into handing over cash for the return of their...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Security, Search, Internet, eCommerce, Consumer Tech, Computers -
Music industry of the future News
02.08.2012 With fears that music fans are becoming less likely to pay for music in the digital age, the industry needs new ideas, and there are those who are finding new ways to make and... -
ACTA has been rejected by the European Parliament News
04.07.2012 The notoriously Anti-counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), which nations including Ireland signed earlier this year in Japan, has been overwhelmingly rejected by the European... -
European Parliament group delivers deathblow to ACTA News
21.06.2012 The controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) which sparked a wave of protest in Europe after various governments signed it in Japan without consulting their...Categories: Legal, Internet, Intellectual Property, Government, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Communications -
Copyright Review Commission extends deadline News
29.05.2012 The deadline for submissions to the Copyright Review Commission about changes to Ireland’s copyright law in the aftermath of the signing of a notorious statutory instrument to...Categories: R&D, Multimedia, Legal, Internet, Intellectual Property, Government, Digital Media, Consumer Tech -
Sound, vision and fury News
12.04.2012 Ongoing debates about digital media, copyright reform, piracy and internet freedom are just ‘raindrops’ in a much bigger flood that is about to hit the internet.Tags: Copyright, ACTA, SOPA, Innovation, Piracy, Legislation, ISP, Illegal Downloads, Copyright Infringement -
Sound, vision – and some fury – at Digital Rights Forum (videos) News
05.04.2012 In what was a stirring and exhilarating debate on Tuesday about Ireland’s copyright laws in which Innovation Minister Sean Sherlock made himself available to the public, the one...Categories: Research, R&D, Legal, Internet, Intellectual Property, Government, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Communications -
Press council chief to chair public meeting on ‘Irish SOPA’ News
20.03.2012 The deadline has been extended on a public consultation on a proposed Copyright Review that arose from the signing of the controversial statutory instrument dubbed the Irish... -
Internet Association's public forum on Irish copyright review is live News
03.03.2012 The Irish Internet Association’s public forum on the Irish copyright review, open to members, the public and the ISP Association of Ireland (ISPAI) has gone live. Feedback from...Categories: Legal, Internet, Intellectual Property, Government, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Communications -
Public debate on ‘Irish SOPA’ to begin before weekend News
01.03.2012 The Irish Internet Association’s public forum on the Irish copyright review is expected to go live by the weekend and will be open to the public, as well as IIA members. -
Irish Govt to review copyright laws – Sherlock confirms News
29.02.2012 The Irish Government is to conduct a review of the existing copyright laws, Innovation Minister Sean Sherlock, TD, told Siliconrepublic.com today. The recent outcry over a... -
Ireland’s SOPA: no reprieve - SI not going back out for consultation News
08.02.2012 Last-minute hopes for a controversial statutory instrument dubbed Ireland’s SOPA going back out to the public for consultation have been dashed. The instrument is due to be...