[ILUG] Digital Rights Forum in The Science Gallery on Tuesday 1-2pm

[Sean Nicholls]

Hi All,

I hope nobody thinks my first post here is too spammy, but I thought
that some of you might be interested in the Digital Rights Forum
coming up next Tuesday in The Science Gallery:

The Digital Rights Forum is a public discussion on Tuesday 3rd of
April at 1-2pm, to discuss the issues surrounding copyright
legislation and digital rights in Ireland.

The argument has been made that statutory instrument 59/2012 which was
signed into law by Richard Bruton, T.D. on 29th February of this year
will curtail access to websites and services in Ireland and may
represent a real threat to Irish citizens civil rights and free access
to The Internet by enabling rights holders to seek potentially costly
and damaging injunctions against websites as innocuous as Youtube,
Google, Facebook, Twitter, Boards.ie and others.

These issues and more will be addressed the panel at the forum, with a
Q&A session for attendees to directly address the panel with their
concerns.

Panelists:

Sean Sherlock	 (Minister for Research & Innovation)
Paul Durrant, 	 (GM, Internet Service Providers Association of
Ireland.)
Tom Murphy	 (Director & Founder, Boards.ie)

Chair:

John F Kennedy	 (Editor, Silicon Republic)

Tickets are free but quantity is limited, available at The Science
Gallery's website: http://www.sciencegallery.com/events/2012/04/digital-rights-forum