Irish Government signs disastrous (SOPA) law to reinforce online copyright laws

[GommeInc]

Not that I know of pal. I've been just looking at news sources and youtube videos (which aren't very reliable.

Found it:

http://stopsopaireland.com/files/201...ernativeSI.pdf
(EUROPEAN UNION (COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS) REGULATIONS 2012. PDF.)

At quick glance it seems interesting, but it looks like the legislation covers already existing law, and seems to suggest anyone can create an injunction and cease an individuals activities irrespective of if they have proof copyright is being infringed upon. What is considered unlawful seems to already exist under an Irish law (I assume it is an Irish Act, given the context it is in) called the Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000, this new law just gives the owner more powers to go against whoever is illegally downloading content. The severity is down to the courts, so it depends if they (the media companies) put more pressure on the Irish Courts to act, which is likely. I'm not sure if the legislation means ISPs will need to freely give out their customers information to these companies or authorities.

[Lee]

Feeling sorry for the irish I didn't think this would happen to be honest when discussion started I thought it was all talk at the most!