[ILUG] Eircom surrenders

[Richard Ryan]

On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 05:26:54PM +0000, Patrick O'Doherty wrote:
> is it just me or does the record labels knowing which users to send
> notices to seem a bit like a catch-22? They don't (or do they?) have the
> right to inspect all your traffic and determine that you are pirating
> material, so their determining that you have pirated material is an
> invasion of privacy and therefore invalid?
> 
> I could be (and probably am) wrong in saying this though.

If they're connecting to trackers and looking up IPs (which seems to be
most of what MediaSentry used to do for the RIAA), then they're free and
clear, privacy-wise.
> 
> Braun Brelin wrote:
> > The only problem with suing the bastards in Ireland is the fact that both
> > sides have to pay court costs, unlike the U.S. where anybody can sue without
> > risk of financial ruin.
> >
> > Braun
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 4:48 PM, Conor Wynne <mariconor at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >   
> >> On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 9:31 AM, Braun Brelin <bbrelin at gmail.com> 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
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> >> Time to leave eircom, or make some mp3's and share them over p2p - my own
> >> music mind, then we can sue the bastards.
> >>
> >> Conor.
> >>
> >>     
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