THE BIG four music labels have launched legal proceedings against Ireland’s second-largest telco, BT Ireland, and largest cable operator UPC Ireland, to force them to act against illegal music downloads by their subscribers.The move follows an out-of-court settlement in January between Eircom and the labels – EMI, Sony, Universal and Warner Music – under which the telco agreed to introduce a “three strikes and you’re out” rule for persistent downloaders.
Source: IrishTimes.com via: Techdirt, TorrentFreak
