Irish ISP targeted for filesharing users

An ISP in Ireland has come under fire after four major record labels took out a High court injunction in a bid to crack down on illegal free music downloads. Eircom is accused of allowing its networks to become a haven for the music downloads.

This is first time in Ireland that an ISP has been taken to court, rather than an actual Internet user. Eircom is Ireland’s largest ISP.

The Irish music industry (yes, they do have) is said to be suffering at the hands of illegal music downloads with a 50-million-euro decline in sales since 2001, which has, of course, been attributed to filesharing, illegal music downloads — the usual suspects.

Eircom has steadfastly refused to filter filesharing programs and suchlike, although this may all be about to change. There are now calls for Eircom to monitor and restrict all dodgy Internet activity, which could see a cutback in access to filesharing and music download websites.

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Posted on 11 March 2008 by mike in Filesharing

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