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Stop Ireland's SOPA
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23-01-2012 12:25pmhttp://www.tjmcintyre.com/2012/01/adrian-weckler-confims-that-irelands.html?m=1
Irelands SOPA could mean an end to Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, Wikipedia, etc.
Please make your voice heard before it is too late
The guy to complain to is Shaun Sherlock http://www.labour.ie/seansherlock0
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The OP put a dot(.) rather than the @ in their link. Email below copied from his official webpage. http://www.labour.ie/seansherlock
sean.sherlock@oir.ie0 -
Is there any organised opposition to this measure?
... something like an on-line petition to be signed?
Without a central place for people to sign up there is no real likelihood of many writing directly to their TDs or Sherlock.0 -
Would it be hard to set up an online petition? I don't think that one exists.0
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Ok guys and gals,
The way this legislation was put down in America was by phoning their elected Congressmen non-stop and this freaked the Congressmen out. It's pretty simple really. We should get as many people as possible to phone our elected represetatives and ask them to oppose this legislation. Let's get this up and running. Anyone have a link for some TD's websites which would have their office numbers? I'll look for some. P.S. I don't think an online petition would have as much impact as people actually ringing the TDs' offices.0 -
Great idea gu22222
here is sherlocks details which I got from his webpage at www.labour.ie/sherlock
Work Address
Davis (Flemings) Lane
Rear Main Street
Mallow
Home Address
Davis Lane
Mallow
Co. Cork
Tel
Phone 022 53523
Fax 022 57761
Mobile 087 74020570 -
Thanks I try!
Great! Here I have a link with the website details of the all elected representatives in the Oireachtas:
http://www.oireachtas.ie/parliament/tdssenators/tds/
Get the numbers and Get calling.0 -
Implementation of legislation to provide for injunctions for copyright owners in certain circumstance
Issued : Thursday 22 December, 2011
The Minister for Research and Innovation Sean Sherlock TD announced today that the Government will be responding with legislation to the High Court Judgment in the case of EMI and Others Vs UPC.
In his judgement Mr Justice Charleton held that he was constrained by the wording of the Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000 and could not grant an injunction to prevent infringement of copyright against an information service provider in the context of a transient communication and he stated that Ireland had not fully transposed the relevant EU Directive(s).
Minister Sherlock stated 'the Government is proposing to introduce a Statutory Instrument, to redress the situation highlighted by Justice Charleton, by providing for injunctions for copyright owners against intermediaries whose services are used to infringe their copyright.
In granting such injunctions the Courts must take account of Court of Justice of the European Union Judgements. They require that a fair balance be struck between the various fundamental rights protected by the Community legal order and the principle of proportionality. That would include, inter alia, the protection of the fundamental rights of individuals who are affected by such measures, the freedom to conduct a business enjoyed by operators such as Internet Service Providers, the protection of private data and right of freedom of expression and information'.
The Minister went on to say that he hopes that the legislation will be introduced by the middle of January 2012.
http://www.labour.ie/press/listing/13245642324974.html0 -
How did that fly under the radar?0
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Right guys... I suggest you join this thread. I has a larger discussion on this matter as well as template emails to send to your representatives.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=20565247690 -
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The SOPA and PIPA bills were halted in the States due to politicians being bombarded with phone calls of opposition to the bills. Here is the phone numbers of all the Irish TD's currently in government so that you can contact them to voice your opposition to the ACTA and irish SOPA bills
Fine Gael
Name: James Bannon Constituency: Longford-Westmeath Phone: 01-6184226
Name: Sean Barrett Constituency: Dún Laoghaire Phone: 01-6183895
Name: Tom Barry Constituency: Cork East Phone: 01-6183328
Name: Pat Breen Constituency: Clare Phone: 01-6184224
Richard Bruton Constituency: Dublin North Central Phone: 01-6312172
Ray Butler Constituency: Meath West Phone: 01-6183378
Jerry Buttimer Constituency: Cork South Central Phone: 01-6183380
Catherine Byrne Constituency: Dublin South Central Phone: 01-6183083
Ciaran Cannon Constituency: Galway East Phone: 01-8896510
Joe Carey Constituency: Clare Phone: 01-6183337
Paudie Coffey Constituency: Waterford Phone: 01-6183902
Áine Collins Constituency: Cork North West Phone: 01-6183873
Sean Conlan Constituency: Cavan-Monaghan Phone: 01-6183154
Sean Conlan Constituency: Cavan-Monaghan Phone: 01-6183154
Paul Connaughton Jnr Constituency: Galway East Phone: 01-6183032
Noel Coonan Constituency: Tipperary North Phone: 01-6183842
Marcella Corcoran-Kennedy Constituency: Laois-Offaly Phone: 01-6184075
Simon Coveney Constituency: Cork South Central Phone: 01-6763925
Michael Creed Constituency: Cork North West Phone: 01-6183525
Lucinda Creighton Constituency: Dublin South East Phone: 01-6194309
Jim Daly Constituency: Cork South West Phone: 01-6183886
John Deasy Constituency: Waterford Phone: 01-6183596
Jimmy Deenihan Constituency: Kerry North-West Limerick Phone: 01-6313804
Pat Deering Constituency: Carlow-Kilkenny Phone: 01-6184235
Regina Doherty Constituency: Meath East Phone: 01-6183573
Paschal Donohoe Constituency: Dublin Central Phone: 01-6183689
Andrew Doyle Constituency: Wicklow Address: Leinster House, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 Phone: 01-6183611
Bernard Durkan Constituency: Kildare North Phone: 01-6183732/01-6183191
Damien English Constituency: Meath West Phone: 01-6184012
Alan Farrell Constituency: Dublin North Phone: 01-6184008
Frank Feighan Constituency: Roscommon-South Leitrim Phone: 01-6184289
Frances Fitzgerald Constituency: Dublin Mid West Phone: 01-6183771
Peter Fitzpatrick Constituency: Louth Phone: 01-6183563
Charles Flanagan Constituency: Laois-Offaly Phone: 01-6183652
Terence Flanagan Constituency: Dublin North East Phone: 01-6183634
Brendan Griffin Constituency: Kerry South Phone: 01-6184480
Noel Harrington Constituency: Cork South West Phone: 01-6183956
Simon Harris Constituency: Wicklow Phone: 01-6183805
Brian Hayes Constituency: Dublin South West Phone: 01-6183567
Tom Hayes Constituency: Tipperary South Phone: 01-6183168
Martin Heydon Constituency: Kildare South Phone: 01-6183017
Phil Hogan Constituency: Carlow-Kilkenny Phone: 01-8882402
Heather Humphreys Constituency: Cavan-Monaghan Phone: 01-6183408
Derek Keating Constituency: Dublin Mid West Phone: 01-6184014
Paul Kehoe Constituency: Wexford Phone: 01-6194080
Enda Kenny Constituency: Mayo Street, Dublin 2 Phone: 01-6194020
Seán Kyne Constituency: Galway West Phone: 01-6184426
Anthony Lawlor Constituency: Kildare North Phone: 01-6183007
Peter Mathews Constituency: Dublin South Phone: 01-6184443
Shane McEntee Constituency: Meath East Phone: 01-6072977
Nicky McFadden Constituency: Longford-Westmeath Phone: 01-6183938
Dinny McGinley Constituency: Donegal South West Phone: 01-6183452
Joe McHugh Constituency: Donegal North East Phone: 01-6184242
Tony McLoughlin Constituency: Sligo-North Leitrim Phone: 01-6183537
Olivia Mitchell Constituency: Dublin South Phone: 01-6183088
Mary Mitchell-O'Connor Constituency: Dún Laoghaire Phone: 01-6183302
Michelle Mulherin Constituency: Mayo Phone: 01-6183065
Dara Murphy Constituency: Cork North Central Phone: 01-6183862
Eoghan Murphy Constituency: Dublin South East Phone: 01-6183324
Dan Neville Constituency: Limerick Phone: 01-6183356
Michael Noonan Constituency: Limerick City Phone: 01-6764735
Kieran O'Donnell Constituency: Limerick City Phone: 01-6183808
Patrick O'Donovan Constituency: Limerick Phone: 01-6183610
Fergus O'Dowd Constituency: Louth Phone: 01-6782024
John O'Mahony Constituency: Mayo Phone: 01-6183706
Joe O'Reilly Constituency: Cavan-Monaghan Phone: 01-6183721
John Perry Constituency: Sligo-North Leitrim Phone: 01-6312243
John Paul Phelan Constituency: Carlow-Kilkenny Phone: 01-6184202
James Reilly Constituency: Dublin North Phone: 01-6711026
Michael Ring Constituency: Mayo Phone: 01-6041034
Alan Shatter Constituency: Dublin South Phone: 01-6183911
David Stanton Constituency: Cork East Phone: 01-6183181
Billy Timmins Constituency: Wicklow Phone: 01-6183384
Liam Twomey Constituency: Wexford Phone: 01-6184299
Leo Varadkar Constituency: Dublin West Phone: 01-6041062
Brian Walsh Constituency: Galway West Phone: 01-6184236
Labour
Eamon Gilmore TD 01 4082018 - -
Joan Burton TD
Dail: 01 6184006 -
Eric Byrne TD
Home: 01 4901305 - Fax: 01 4901305 - Mobile: 087-2548429
Michael Conaghan TD
Dáil: 01 618 4033 - Fax: No. 6184632
Ciara Conway TD
01.6184033 -
Joe Costello TD
Dáil: 01 618 3896 - Fax: 01 618 4596
Robert Dowds TD
Email : robert.dowds@oir.ie
Anne Ferris TD
Dáil Office: 01. 6183539 - Constituency Office: 01 2764699
Dominic Hannigan TD
Constituency Office: 01 835 3871 -
Brendan Howlin TD
Home: 053 -91-24036 - Dail: 01 6184366 - Fax: 01 6184542
Kevin Humphreys TD
Home: 6686854 - Mobile: 087-2989103
Email : kevin.humphreys@oir.ie
Colm Keaveney TD
093. 24070
Email : colm@colmkeaveney.ie
Alan Kelly TD
Minister of State, Department of Transport, Tourism & Sport with responsibility for Public & Commuter Transport
Office: 067 34190 -
Email : office@alankelly.ie
Sean Kenny TD
mobile 086 8126340 - Dáil 01.6183744
Email : sean.kenny@oir.ie
Ciarán Lynch TD
021 4366200
Email : ciaran.lynch@oir.ie
Kathleen Lynch TD
Office - Tel: 021-4399930 or 021-4212463 - Fax: 021-4304358
Email : kathleen_lynch@health.gov.ie
John Lyons TD
087 2113154
Eamonn Maloney TD
Email : eamonn.maloney@oir.ie
Michael McCarthy TD
Constituency Office: - Tel: 023 - 8855705 - Fax: 023 - 8855706 - Mobile: 087 - 6481004
Michael McNamara TD
Constituency Office: 065-6893639 - Shannon Town Constituency Office: 061-479020
Gerald Nash TD
(M) 087 271 6816 - - - -
Derek Nolan TD
086 3 777 624
Jan O'Sullivan TD
Office: 061-312316 - Fax: 061-313707 - Dail: 01 6183670 - Fax: 01 6184617
Willie Penrose TD
Home: 044-93-73264 - Constituency Office: 044-93-43987 - Dail: 01-6183734 - Fax Dail: 01-6184541 - Fax Constituency Office: 044-93-43966
Ann Phelan TD
Constituency Office: 056 7756000 - Mobile: 086-3294420
Ruairi Quinn TD
Minister for Education and Skills
Dáil: 01 6183434 - Fax: 01 6184153 - Skype: ruairiquinn
Pat Rabbitte TD
Constituency Office: 01 678 2011 or 01 618 3772 - Department Office: 01 678 9807 or 01 678 2000
Brendan Ryan TD
01-618 3421
Sean Sherlock TD
Phone: 022 53523 - Fax: 022 57761 - 087-7402057 -
Roisin Shortall TD
Home: 01-8370563 - Dail: 01-6183593 - Fax: 01-6184380
Arthur Spring TD
Office: 066.712 5337 -
Emmet Stagg TD
Home: 01-6272149 - Dáil: 01-6183013 - Fax (home): 01-6270601 - Fax (Dáil): 01-6184538
Email : emmet.stagg@oireachtas.ie
Joanna Tuffy TD
01 6280765(h) - 01 6183822(o) - 01 4575678(o)
Jack Wall TD
Constituency Office: - 059-86-32874 (ph) 33157 (fax) - Dail01) 6183571 - Fax: (01) 6184540
Alex White TD
618 3972
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin TD
086-8190336 -0 -
You can send an email to all the irish TD's by cutting and pasting the following into the bcc: field
gerry.adams@oireachtas.ie,
james.bannon@oireachtas.ie,
sean.barrett@oireachtas.ie,
ceann.comhairle@oireachtas.ie,
tom.barry@oireachtas.ie,
richard.boydbarrett@oireachtas.ie,
pat.breen@oireachtas.ie,
tommy.broughan@oireachtas.ie,
john.browne@oireachtas.ie,
richard.bruton@oireachtas.ie,
joan.burton@oireachtas.ie,
ray.butler@oireachtas.ie,
jerry.buttimer@oireachtas.ie,
catherine.byrne@oireachtas.ie,
eric.byrne@oireachtas.ie,
dara.calleary@oireachtas.ie,
ciaran.cannon@oireachtas.ie,
joe.carey@oireachtas.ie,
paudie.coffey@oireachtas.ie,
aine.collins@oireachtas.ie,
joan.collins@oireachtas.ie,
niall.collins@oireachtas.ie,
michael.colreavy@oireachtas.ie,
michael.conaghan@oireachtas.ie,
sean.conlan@oireachtas.ie,
paulj.connaughton@oireachtas.ie,
ciara.conway@oireachtas.ie,
noel.coonan@oireachtas.ie,
marcella.corcorankennedy@oireachtas.ie,
joe.costello@oireachtas.ie,
simon.coveney@oireachtas.ie,
barry.cowen@oireachtas.ie,
michael.creed@oireachtas.ie,
lucinda.creighton@oireachtas.ie,
sean.crowe@oireachtas.ie,
clare.daly@oireachtas.ie,
jim.daly@oireachtas.ie,
john.deasy@oireachtas.ie,
jimmy.deenihan@oireachtas.ie,
pat.deering@oireachtas.ie,
pearse.doherty@oireachtas.ie,
regina.doherty@oireachtas.ie,
stephen.donnelly@oireachtas.ie,
paschal.donohoe@oireachtas.ie,
timmy.dooley@oireachtas.ie,
robert.dowds@oireachtas.ie,
andrew.doyle@oireachtas.ie,
bernard.durkan@oireachtas.ie,
dessie.ellis@oireachtas.ie,
damien.english@oireachtas.ie,
alan.farrell@oireachtas.ie,
frank.feighan@oireachtas.ie,
anne.ferris@oireachtas.ie,
martin.ferris@oireachtas.ie,
frances.fitzgerald@oireachtas.ie,
peterm.fitzpatrick@oireachtas.ie,
charles.flanagan@oireachtas.ie,
lukeming.flanagan@oireachtas.ie,
terence.flanagan@oireachtas.ie,
sean.fleming@oireachtas.ie,
tom.fleming@oireachtas.ie,
eamon.gilmore@oireachtas.ie,
noel.grealish@oireachtas.ie,
brendan.griffin@oireachtas.ie,
john.halligan@oireachtas.ie,
dominic.hannigan@oireachtas.ie,
noel.harrington@oireachtas.ie,
simon.harris@oireachtas.ie,
brian.hayes@oireachtas.ie,
tom.hayes@oireachtas.ie,
seamus.healy@oireachtas.ie,
michael.healy-rae@oireachtas.ie,
martin.heyden@oireachtas.ie,
joe.higgins@oireachtas.ie,
phil.hogan@oireachtas.ie,
brendan.howlin@oireachtas.ie,
heather.humphreys@oireachtas.ie,
kevin.humphreys@oireachtas.ie,
derek.keating@oireachtas.ie,
colm.keaveney@oireachtas.ie,
paul.kehoe@oireachtas.ie,
bily.kelleher@oireachtas.ie,
alan.kelly@oireachtas.ie,
enda.kenny@oireachtas.ie,
taoiseach@taoiseach.gov.ie,
sean.kenny@oireachtas.ie,
seamus.kirk@oireachtas.ie,
michael.kitt@oireachtas.ie,
sean.kyne@oireachtas.ie,
anthony.lawlor@oireachtas.ie,
michael.lowry@oireachtas.ie,
ciaran.lynch@oireachtas.ie,
kathleen.lynch@oireachtas.ie,
john.lyons@oireachtas.ie,
padraig.maclochlainn@oireachtas.ie,
eamonn.maloney@oireachtas.ie,
micheal.martin@oireachtas.ie,
peter.mathews@oireachtas.ie,
michael.mccarthy@oireachtas.ie,
charlie.mcconalogue@oireachtas.ie,
marylou.mcdonald@oireachtas.ie,
shane.mcentee@oireachtas.ie,
nicky.mcfadden@oireachtas.ie,
dinny.mcginley@oireachtas.ie,
finian.mcgrath@oireachtas.ie,
mattie.mcgrath@oireachtas.ie,
michael.mcgrath@oireachtas.ie,
john.mcguinness@oireachtas.ie,
joe.mchugh@oireachtas.ie,
sandra.mclellan@oireachtas.ie,
tony.mcloughlin@oireachtas.ie,
michael.mcnamara@oireachtas.ie,
olivia.mitchell@oireachtas.ie,
mary.mitchelloconnor@oireachtas.ie,
michael.moynihan@oireachtas.ie,
michelle.mulherin@oireachtas.ie,
catherine.murphy@oireachtas.ie,
dara.murphy@oireachtas.ie,
eoghan.murphy@oireachtas.ie,
gerald.nash@oireachtas.ie,
denis.naughten@oireachtas.ie,
dan.neville@oireachtas.ie,
derek.nolan@oireachtas.ie,
michael.noonan@oireachtas.ie,
patrick.nulty@oireachtas.ie,
caoimhghin.ocaolain@oireachtas.ie,
eamon.ocuiv@oireachtas.ie,
sean.ofearghail@oireachtas.ie,
aodhan.oriordain@oireachtas.ie,
aengus.osnodaigh@oireachtas.ie,
jonathan.obrien@oireachtas.ie,
willie.odea@oireachtas.ie,
kieran.odonnell@oireachtas.ie,
patrick.odonovan@oireachtas.ie,
fergus.odowd@oireachtas.ie,
john.omahony@oireachtas.ie,
joe.oreilly@oireachtas.ie,
jan.osullivan@oireachtas.ie,
maureen.osullivan@oireachtas.ie,
willie.penrose@oireachtas.ie,
john.perry@oireachtas.ie,
ann.phelan@oireachtas.ie,
johnpaul.phelan@oireachtas.ie,
thomas.pringle@oireachtas.ie,
ruairi.quinn@oireachtas.ie,
pat.rabbitte@oireachtas.ie,
james.reilly@oireachtas.ie,
michael.ring@oireachtas.ie,
shane.ross@oireachtas.ie,
brendan.ryan@oireachtas.ie,
alan.shatter@oireachtas.ie,
sean.sherlock@oireachtas.ie,
roisin.shorthall@oireachtas.ie,
brendan.smith@oireachtas.ie,
arthur.spring@oireachtas.ie,
emmet.stagg@oireachtas.ie,
brian.stanley@oireachtas.ie,
david.stanton@oireachtas.ie,
billy.timmis@oireachtas.ie,
peadar.toibin@oireachtas.ie,
robert.troy@oireachtas.ie,
joanna.tuffy@oireachtas.ie,
liam.twomey@oireachtas.ie,
leo.varadkar@oireachtas.ie,
jack.wall@oireachtas.ie,
mick.wallace@oireachtas.ie,
brian.walsh@oireachtas.ie,
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template email
Here is a template email that can be sent
Quote:
Dear duly elected representative of the peoples of Ireland,
I write to you today to call your attention to a matter of great importance and urgency to our nation. Before the months end, Minister of State for Enterprise Seán Sherlock is to publish an “order” which is understood to allow copyright holders to demand the censorship of Irish citizens access an open and democratic Internet.
The Internet represents the single most important economic, social, and cultural communications tool since mankind spoke his first words. The Internet’s ability to promote the free exchange of artistic expression and encourage the discussion of revolutionary ideas such as democracy makes it to the modern world, what roads were to the Romans. The Internet is the road upon which we and our children and our children’s children will prosper. Any attempt at limiting its efficacy, at censoring the free exchange of ideas and expression should be considered an attack on our liberties and our future prosperity, I hope you’ll agree. Whether you recognise it or not, your constituents certainly do and I am in no doubt that they will make you aware of this fact in the coming days.
The Internet, spurred on by the incredible wealth of human talent on the Island of Ireland, promotes and takes an active role in the development of technologies of global significance. Its potential positive impact on our Island has yet to be fully realised; we are only now beginning to reap the rewards of our earlier labours of investing in resilient and wide spread broadband to the nation and other investments.
Yahoo!, Twitter, Facebook, Google, AOL, FourSquare, LinkedIn, PayPal, Zynga, and many more US based companies came out to protest against similar legislation in their country (SOPA/PIPA) which aimed at addressing copyright holders concerns, by censoring the Internet. These companies and those much like them are the future lifeblood of Ireland’s knowledge economy. To believe we can summarily enact legislation that will censor the Internet and not severely detriment our economy and our democratic rights is foolhardy to say the least.
The means by which this legislation is proposed to work will not achieve its intended result of protecting the rights of copyright holders. Infringing sites will still be accessible by even the most minimally technologically literate persons. This legislation serves only to erode our rights and discourage international investment.
If we continue to let our rights be eroded at the whims of corporations, which place pressure on our leaders to create legislation that chips away at our ability to freely express ourselves, we will fade into insignificance on the world stage and we will have squandered the enormous potential that we, as a nation striving for a knowledge economy, have worked so hard to achieve.
On the 11th of January, The European Commission recognised that the Internet “has enormous potential for boosting growth and creating jobs.” and that 20-25% of new jobs could come from growth in this area. Growth which will not be possible if the policies in place are more harmful than they are productive.
I ask, with all due respect, please do not let this legislation pass.
Yours sincerely,
A technologically literate voter
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http://www.scribd.com/sean_nicholls_...net-Censorship0 -
Have received 1 reply so far from the email I sent to all of the TDs.Hello Gavin,
Thank you for your email about internet censorship. We are looking into it.
Best Wishes,
Arielle Jeter
on behalf of
Stephen Donnelly TD
Independent TD for Wicklow & East Carlow
A lot of automated crap so far.0 -
As I just pointed out on Mr Sherlock's Facebook page...
"Just wondering Mr Sherlock if you have obtained Microsoft's permission to use the Wordpad logo on your website?
If not then you do realise that you'd be liable to have your website shut down under this new statutory instrument, right?"
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Well spotted Achilles. Could you email that to the list of newspapers above. He also has youtube footage on his site which may also be in violation of the law he is attempting to bring in.0
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I cant help but think this topic would get more feedback if it was put in the Broadband section.
I only found out about it from another site.
I dont think people are being informed/aware of the Issue as much as they could be.
Also i think Boards.ie are missing a trick by not having Stop Ireland's SOPA as a Front page Notice when people log into the site.
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There is a much larger thread on AH. Dev has also said that Boards.ie are discussing their options and he will release information about their proposed stance in the near future.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?threadid=20565247690 -
Please everyone feel free to start as many threads in relevant sections to increase awareness. Just make them relevant to those sections. For example, in the broadband section you could talk about how it would affect broadband services. Just make sure you have links to the relevant sites that people can go to voice there opposition such as stopsopaireland, the facebook and twitter pages above and any other relevant sites.0
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http://falkvinge.net/2011/09/05/cable-reveals-extent-of-lapdoggery-from-swedish-govt-on-copyright-monopoly/
Maybe they are doing the same to Ireland?0
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