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Irish Record Industry Sues ISP for Illegal File-Sharing on its Network

By soulxtc

Angry over its refusal to use Audible Magic to voluntarily filter copyrighted material from its network. Early last week it was reported that Eircom, the Ireland-based ISP, had formally rejected claims by the Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA) that it be held responsible for any instances of copyright infringement that may occur on its broadband network. The case was first initiated last March and it was just last week that Eircom formally filed a defense rejecting the IRMA claims by arguing that it's not responsible for the illegal actions of its customers. The judge in the case, Mr Justice Peter Kelly, said he expected for the trial to be held sometime in July. EMI Records (Ireland) Ltd, Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Ireland) Ltd, Universal Music (Ireland) Ltd, and Warner Music (Ireland) Ltd each contend under the Copyright and Related Rights Acts 2000 that Eircom is responsible for the copyright infringement occurring on its network by illegal file-sharing customers since it refuses to use filtering technology or other appropriate measures to voluntary block, or filter, copyrighted material from its network.

Full post as published by ZeroPaid on April 29, 2008 (boomark / email).