In Support of Blackout Ireland

Posted by Eamon in Uncategorized, industry
Thursday, March 5th, 2009 at 07:54

This is an important post. We believe in freedom of speech and expression online, and abhor any attempts at censoring or curtailing a user’s online experience on an ISP or Government level.

Recently, IRMA, the Irish Recorded Music Association, has taken the somewhat heavy-handed approach of sending a letter threatening legal action to Irish ISPs and even Irish hosting providers.

A copy of the letter [PDF] was made available by Michele Neylon of Blacknight (our hosting provider).

This approach by IRMA is shortsighted, thugish, and uneducated. They clearly don’t understand the Internet. If they did they’d be embracing file sharing technologies such as Bit Torrent and considering ideas put forward by the EFF and European Green Party Free Alliance.

A group of concerned Irish Internet users have come together to raise awareness of this issue. We are proud to stand beside Blackout Ireland and we encourage you to do the same. Even if you only use the Internet to check email and facebook, you should be deeply concerned about this.

Setting a precedent whereby your access to websites or online services can be curtailed without due process is what we should all be concerned about, Irish or not.

Go to Blackout Ireland now, see how you can help.

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