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Sherlock confirms that ‘Irish SOPA’ has been signed into law

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  • #92
    kjl
    Registered Users Posts: 3,127 ✭✭✭kjl


    bubblefett wrote: »
    Picture uploaded by a hero on Sherlocks facebook

    http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/64098_10150593905632399_637447398_9468793_1733713046_n.jpg

    Don't worry, it's not copywritten

    clearly stolen from me


  • #93
    Julius Hollow Publisher
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭ Julius Hollow Publisher


    Problem?


  • #94
    Pacifist Pigeon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 504 ✭✭✭Pacifist Pigeon


    So, I'd just like to get one this straight. Will it still be alright to watch porn without the government finding out?


  • #95
    Spoonman75
    Closed Accounts Posts: 184 ✭✭Spoonman75


    fluorescence wrote: »
    A great quote from that facebook page that made me snort into my tea:

    [/B]



    :pac:

    There's alot of great quotes.

    Including this on Febuary 22 from some group calling themselves "Anonymous"

    http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sean-Sherlock-TD/185032148201312


  • #96
    chocksaway
    Registered Users Posts: 608 ✭✭✭chocksaway


    Pacifist Pigeon wrote: »
    So, I'd just like to get one this straight. Will it still be alright to watch porn without the government finding out?
    the burning question that needs to be answered! heard the other day that 1/3 of the internet is porn... they can hardly monitor all of it :pac:


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  • #97
    RachaelVO
    Registered Users Posts: 3,108 ✭✭✭RachaelVO


    bubblefett wrote: »
    http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Sean-Sherlock-TD/185032148201312

    His official facebook page is taking a battering

    It certainly is, and rightly so, but then I suppose with his chances of being re-elected virtually nil right now he is gonna go with as big a splash as possible!


  • #98
    Fluorescence
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 8,490 Mod ✭✭✭✭Fluorescence


    Spoonman75 wrote: »
    There's alot of great quotes.

    Including this on Febuary 22 from some group calling themselves "Anonymous"

    http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sean-Sherlock-TD/185032148201312

    Including my own letter a few posts back. Made me giggle :pac:


  • #99
    Spoonman75
    Closed Accounts Posts: 184 ✭✭Spoonman75


    Pacifist Pigeon wrote: »
    So, I'd just like to get one this straight. Will it still be alright to watch porn without the government finding out?

    There won't be any free copyrighted material left.

    You'll have to film and upload your own.


  • #100
    ottostreet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,987 ✭✭✭ottostreet


    fluorescence wrote: »
    A great quote from that facebook page that made me snort into my tea:

    [/B]



    :pac:

    That was me. I'd credit you, but putting -fluorescence at the end doesn't make sense. And I don't want to mention Boards, as I wouldn't like to cause any potential legal troubles. I'll delete the post if you like!


  • #101
    Fluorescence
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 8,490 Mod ✭✭✭✭Fluorescence


    ottostreet wrote: »
    That was me. I'd credit you, but putting -fluorescence at the end doesn't make sense. And I don't want to mention Boards, as I wouldn't like to cause any potential legal troubles. I'll delete the post if you like!

    No it's grand, I said anyone could use it :D It just made me laugh because I noticed all the grammar mistakes I made :pac:


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  • #102
    ottostreet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,987 ✭✭✭ottostreet


    fluorescence wrote: »
    No it's grand, I said anyone could use it :D It just made me laugh because I noticed all the grammar mistakes I made :pac:

    I couldn't have written it any better!


  • #103
    Seachmall
    Registered Users Posts: 7,041 ✭✭✭Seachmall


    The ECJ once again rule intermediaries cannot be held responsible for monitoring or filtering content (this time in specific relation to Social Networks).

    EU Court of Justice: Social Networks Can’t Be Forced to Monitor and Filter to Prevent Copyright Infringement

    Another ruling that completely and explicitly demonstrates that this legislation is not in accordance with the intention of the EU despite what Sherlock says.


  • #104
    Fluorescence
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 8,490 Mod ✭✭✭✭Fluorescence


    Seachmall wrote: »
    The ECJ once again rule intermediaries are not responsible for monitoring or filtering content (this time in specific relation to Social Networks).

    EU Court of Justice: Social Networks Can’t Be Forced to Monitor and Filter to Prevent Copyright Infringement

    Another ruling that completely and explicitly demonstrates that this legislation is not in accordance with EU law despite what Sherlock says.

    He hasn't a clue what he's on about - it's painfully obvious from his comments to the media.


  • #105
    Wetai
    Registered Users Posts: 773 ✭✭✭Wetai


    Paypal's going to love this (even if it's not directly affecting them, they'll see what kind of decisions - whether it's right for the people or not - go through in Ireland).


  • #106
    Paparazzo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,398 ✭✭✭Paparazzo


    Funny that there's no mention of any of this on the News section of his site.
    He won't get voted in again, but he'll sit of a few quango boards that require a week a year of actual work. He'll get something out of this.


  • #107
    ottostreet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,987 ✭✭✭ottostreet


    My parents just watched the 9 o clock news, and were blissfully unaware of what's going on. It's criminal how much this has been kept hush hush. Not that the RTE demographic would really give a **** what happens to the Internet.


  • #108
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    RIP Sean Sherlock's career. I'm guessing his constituency office will have a riot outside it soon.


  • #109
    Spoonman75
    Closed Accounts Posts: 184 ✭✭Spoonman75


    smash wrote: »
    RIP Sean Sherlock's career. I'm guessing his constituency office will have a riot outside it soon.

    Have you seen the comments on his Facebook page yet?

    http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sean-Sherlock-TD/185032148201312


  • #110
    hmmm
    Registered Users Posts: 11,205 ✭✭✭✭hmmm


    Internet threats are all very well, but won't make any difference.

    What "we" have to do is target the re-election chances of politicians who go against the wishes of the people. For example, I'd be willing to put my hand in my pocket to donate to a google ad campaign reminding voters of what he has done. People in his constituency need to get out and canvass for his opponents.

    I've noting personal against the guy, but unless a politician feels an electoral impact for going against a group of people it won't make a blind bit of difference to them.


  • #111
    Gran Hermano
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,330 ✭✭✭Gran Hermano


    Let the exodus of IT jobs and companies begin.


    Sure it's not like his supporters and voters in Cork need IT jobs

    http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0229/blizzard.html



    The games company Blizzard Entertainment is to seek around 200 redundancies from the 880 people it employs in Cork.


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  • #112
    Eric Cartman
    Registered Users Posts: 26,283 ✭✭✭✭Eric Cartman


    anyone have this lads address / home phone number / car reg, I think they need to be posted....just for the craic like

    edit, im sure this is his office but :

    Address:
    Davis Lane
    Mallow
    Co. Cork

    Tel:
    Phone: 022-53523


  • #113
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    Spoonman75 wrote: »
    smash wrote: »
    RIP Sean Sherlock's career. I'm guessing his constituency office will have a riot outside it soon.

    Have you seen the comments on his Facebook page yet?

    http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sean-Sherlock-TD/185032148201312
    Yea I saw them. To be honest I don't think people should wait for an election. This crowd should be forced out. Enough is enough.


  • #114
    Haelium
    Registered Users Posts: 412 ✭✭Haelium


    smash wrote: »
    Yea I saw them. To be honest I don't think people should wait for an election. This crowd should be forced out. Enough is enough.
    It would be a good idea to force them out if there was an alternative. Fianna Fail are an evil shower of psychopaths, and Sinn Fein/ULA are idealists with some terrible ideas.


  • #115
    Wetai
    Registered Users Posts: 773 ✭✭✭Wetai


    Spoonman75 wrote: »
    http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2012/0222/1224312169336.html

    That's what I was partially referring to.
    I wonder if it's possible for them to actually back out at this stage. Not saying they should (as people wouldn't get jobs, and might lose jobs they already have in some sectors that they've already populated), but that - or something similar - is probably the only thing that'd actually get these fools to realise the problems with this.


  • #116
    PseudoFamous
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,514 ✭✭✭PseudoFamous


    Haelium wrote: »
    It would be a good idea to force them out if there was an alternative. Fianna Fail are an evil shower of psychopaths, and Sinn Fein/ULA are idealists with some terrible ideas.

    Could we just pull 160 randomers off the street, and hire one of them full time to shout "CHANGE PLACES!" when we need a new government?


  • #117
    mariebeth
    Registered Users Posts: 892 ✭✭✭mariebeth


    Sent Sean this lovely email just now. I wonder will he ignore it?
    Hi Sean, it's great to see politicians doing what they do best - ignoring the people who have elected them. The vast majority of ordinary, everyday Irish people did NOT want this law signed, and very many people have objected to it, yet you ignored all the complaints and signed it in to law anyway.

    Thanks to you I have lost any inkling of faith or trust that I might have had in the Irish political system and Irish politicians. You, and your cronies in Leinster house are very obviously NOT working in our advantage. It amazes me how quick you are to sign in to law an EU directive, which is not actually necessary to be in compliance with Europe, purely because it benefits the politicians and the 'big business'.

    Yet Ireland ratified the UN Conventions on the Rights of the Child in 1992, and have to date FAILED to give children rights beyond the right to education, in this country. Governments have failed to legislate for legal abortions on the grounds of risk of suicide in the past 20 years. These are issues which affect normal, everyday people, and we have consistently been neglected and ignored by governments. And that's totally ignoring the current recession that we are going through.

    Ireland in 2012 isn't a great place to live in, it's not even close to being a very good place to live in. Our education system is getting worse, our public health care system is a joke, and the private health care system is going down that route as well. The morale of the people of Ireland hasn't been this low in years. The Irish people's faith in the government is at 35% as of January, but your actions have more than likely decrased that trust even further.

    I only wish that the people of Ireland could vote 'no confidence' in their government, because I have absolutely no confidence in you, or the rest of the government at this time. I really hope you read this, and take even some of what I have said to heart. Please stop ignoring the people of Ireland. We gave you your job. We pay you for the job you do for us. And we can take that job away from you at the next election.


  • #118
    drdeadlift
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,189 ✭✭✭drdeadlift


    Dostoevsky wrote: »
    Unfortunately, this will be shown to be true. No doubt about that. But both sides would have been offering it.

    There is no balance of power within the government that reality only bit me arse yesterday when i was watching Adams stand alone in questioning the upcoming referendum.


  • #119
    Spoonman75
    Closed Accounts Posts: 184 ✭✭Spoonman75


    hmmm wrote: »
    Internet threats are all very well, but won't make any difference.

    What "we" have to do is target the re-election chances of politicians who go against the wishes of the people. For example, I'd be willing to put my hand in my pocket to donate to a google ad campaign reminding voters of what he has done. People in his constituency need to get out and canvass for his opponents.

    I've noting personal against the guy, but unless a politician feels an electoral impact for going against a group of people it won't make a blind bit of difference to them.

    Agreed. The 80,000 concerned citizens (registered voters) including myself who signed the online petition won't forget this. And I don't mean just Sherlock himself. I'm talking any Labour candidate that canvasses to me. The Labour Party can go to hell.


  • #120
    drdeadlift
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,189 ✭✭✭drdeadlift


    Why dont we protest to have him out of government?


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  • #121
    ottostreet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,987 ✭✭✭ottostreet


    There's a resign page after going up!


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