Major music labels in court move to force Irish ISPs to act on downloads

Nigel Harper, 22 June 2009

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