http://stopsopaireland.com/
Our government is working on legislation to hand control of the internet
in Ireland to aggressive copyright holders such as those of the
music-hype industry. Under this legislation, copyright holders will be
able to cheaply apply to get websites blacklisted at the national level.
People with websites will face expensive court battles just to stay
online, and many will have their online freedom of speech taken away.
A petition against this has already gathered 28,000 signatures. This
has the potential to put the (ir)responsible Minister, Seán Sherlock,
under real pressure to change sides and support the Irish people.
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Hi,
Happy New Year!
Our meeting schedule is now 'third Wednesday of the month',
so the first meeting of 2012 is:
Wednesday 18th Jan 2012, starting 8pm
Long Stone pub, Townsend Street, Dublin 2
Hope to see you there!
Ben.