“Senior Counsel John Gordon has a clear explanation as to why Sean Sherlock’s proposed copyright regulations are unnecessary in today’s Sunday Business Post. I’ve taken the liberty of reproducing the entire piece here …” (more)
[TJ McIntyre, IT Law in Ireland, 5 February]
“Seán Sherlock’s plan to amend copyright law to allow people seek injunctions against those they believe are infringing their copyright on the internet caused uproar among many web users and certain members of the online community …” (more)
[Miriam Lord, Irish Times, 4 February]
“The furious debate surrounding the statutory instrument to amend the Copyright Act 2000 – dubbed the ‘Irish SOPA’ – until now has seen one group maintain a dignified silence. But this evening the ISPs came out strongly against the instrument ‘for very practical and simple business reasons’ …” (more)
[John Kennedy, Silicon Republic, 3 February]
“The labelling of the copyright amendment as Ireland’s SOPA has been contested by some as inaccurate. There are differences, it is true. Most obviously SOPA is designed to target ‘foreign’ websites, whereas the Irish SI (Statutory Instrument) makes no distinction between foreign and domestic web sites …” (more)
[Alan Toner, Broadsheet.ie, 1 February]
“Ministers copyright proposals threaten digital businesses and put civil liberties at risk. Last week Minister of State for Research and Innovation Seán Sherlock published a draft statutory instrument on the enforcement of copyright …” (more)
[TJ McIntyre, Irish Times, 1 February]
“Ahead of this evening’s Dail debate on the statutory instrument that amends the Copyright Act 2000, two of the leaders behind the Stop SOPA Ireland petition – Michele Neylon and TJ McIntyre – answer Siliconrepublic.com’s questions on impending changes to Ireland’s copyright laws …” (more)
[John Kennedy, Silicon Republic, 31 January]
“Protest against ACTA and ‘SOPA Ireland’. Garden of Remembrance, Parnell Square East, Dublin 1. February 4th, 13:00 until 18:30 …” (more)
[Why We Protest, 30 January]
“I dedicated my Sunday newsround to making a shout-out to Sean Sherlock, the Dail deputy empowered to hammer home the Irish version of SOPA that will damage the innovation culture of Ireland …” (more)
[Bernie Goldbach, Inside View from Ireland, 29 January]
“There’s been a lot of very worthwhile comment and outrage over the so-called SOPA Ireland debacle in recent days. I have a slightly different viewpoint on this …” (more)
[Mark Dennehy, Stochastic Geometry, 27 January]
“The junior minister behind proposed new laws giving copyright holders the power to seek court injunctions over copyright breaches has agreed not to sign the new laws before holding a full Dáil debate on them …” (more)
[TheJournal.ie, 27 January]
“… The timing of the statutory instrument, which is due to be signed this week, couldn’t have been worse for the Irish Government considering it was only last week that massive public protest derailed the progress of the SOPA and PIPA bills in the US. Some 30,000 people have signed a petition against the signing of the statutory instrument …” (more)
[John Kennedy, Silicon Republic, 26 January]
“.. The last thing innovators need is a culture where the outputs of their creative endeavours have to be locked away or kept secret for the fear of theft. Ireland is very proud of the fact that we have a modern suite of intellectual property laws that by their very nature balance a range of competing interests and rights in a manner that is seen, right across the globe, as reasonable and proportionate …” (more)
[Cork Politics, 25 January]
“It’s been a peculiar day in relation to Ireland’s SOPA. First of all, junior minister Seán Sherlock said on lunchtime radio that he intends to hold an emergency Dáil debate on the law – within 24 hours no less! …” (more)
[TJ McIntyre, IT Law in Ireland, 25 January]
“The following is the full text of a briefing note prepared by innovation minister Seán Sherlock this evening, and circulated to all members of the Dáil and the Oireachtas …” (more)
[TheJournal.ie, 25 January]
“Wikipedia blacked itself out recently in protest at new US legislation – the campaign is known as SOPA (Stop the Online Piracy Act). There are fears that Ireland may be about to follow the US’s lead, with Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Jobs and Innovation, Seán Sherlock, saying he will be bringing in new legislation in this area possibly as soon as this coming Tuesday …” (more)
[Stephen Donnelly TD, 25 January]
“A response to hacker group Anonymous’ attack on a number of Irish Government websites in light of the controversial statutory instrument dubbed Ireland’s SOPA is being met with a ‘whole of Government response to the threat’ …” (more)
[John Kennedy, Silicon Republic, 25 January]
“Before the end of January Ireland will have enacted its own SOPA-style legislation – without discussion or vote in the Oireachtas, the Irish parliament – allowing parts of the internet deemed to aid piracy or infringe copyright to be censored from the Irish public …” (more)
[Darren McCarra, The Sociable, 24 January]
“Any day now, the Government of Ireland will sign a statutory instrument that will give courts the power to grant orders to ISPs and other entities suspected of infringing copyright. This will be done at the stroke of a minister’s pen and without any parliamentary debate …” (more)
[John Kennedy, Silicon Republic, 24 January]
“Last Sunday Adrian Weckler had a piece in the Sunday Business Post reporting a conversation with Minister for State, Séan Sherlock, about his intention to introduce legislation that would provide for extensive ISP blocking in Ireland. Detail is somewhat light, although unsurprisingly so really …” (more)
[Fiona de Londras, Human Rights in Ireland, 24 January]
“A collection of Irish telecoms operators has reaffirmed its criticism of the government’s intention to introduce a new law that would grant injunctions to music and film companies against internet service providers …” (more)
[Adrian Weckler, Business Post, 23 January]
