An open letter from Boards.ie to Minister Sean Sherlock

PJTierney · 31-01-2012 07:24PM

Willie O' Dea's on our side it seems (no printed script either

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PJTierney · 31-01-2012 07:35PM

Ah, somebody used the Toll Roads analogy! :cool:

oscarBravo · 31-01-2012 07:43PM

ShooterSF wrote: »

Not really fair to claim the ISPs want piracy to prevail or that it does their bottom line better. I'm not sure but I'd say OscarBravo as someone that runs one could confirm, ISP's would much prefer if you had the internet for social networking, email and some light downloads rather than bandwidth hogging piracy.

Correct. That's one of a number of issues I had with Charleton J.'s judgement: he operated on the apparent assumption that every act of piracy was in some way profitable for UPC, as if the downloaders were paying their ISP by the torrent. This ignores the fact that we have to pay for our upstream bandwidth, and the more torrenting that goes on, the more bandwidth we have to pay for to keep the pipes flowing.

It might be different for those ISPs who are happy to cash in on per-usage charges, but not all of us operate on that basis.

Arfan · 31-01-2012 07:44PM

There's a lot of reading from e-mails going on

. Not that that's a bad thing. No need to write a speech if someone's taken the trouble to do it for you. Also the ideal situation for an ISP is where everyone buys 1 terabyte pipe and then checks their email once a month. Ah, for a perfect world.

Jev/N · 31-01-2012 07:57PM

Arfan wrote: »

There's a lot of reading from e-mails going on . Not that that's a bad thing. No need to write a speech if someone's taken the trouble to do it for you.

Certainly, but I feel that the amount of misinformation, not only on Sean Sherlock's side, is stemming from such emails

31-01-2012 07:57PM

This is bull.

Sherlock reads boards! Who is he?!

ShooterSF · 31-01-2012 07:59PM

Ha I rish TD concerned about wasting taxpayers money! Also does Sherlock know the difference between a website, a host and an ISP?

Well done though on finally highlighting the problem that Netflix and such will fix.

dahamsta · 31-01-2012 08:00PM

You'rev wasting your time with Bruton folks, he's as corporate as it gets. Might as well have Sponsored By IMRO on his back.

31-01-2012 08:03PM

"I DONT BELIEVE THIS WILL BE USED BY COMPANIES TO...."

O thanks, I feel so reassured now. :rolleyes:

PJTierney · 31-01-2012 08:03PM

Did he just say "nerd"?

PJTierney · 31-01-2012 08:08PM

"The Keyboard Warrior"

Now there's a tagline.

31-01-2012 08:08PM

PJTierney wrote: »

"The Keyboard Warrior" Now there's a tagline.

Can't believe a middle-aged TD from Cork has just said 'Keyboard Warrior'

Jev/N · 31-01-2012 08:09PM

AdamD wrote: »

"I DONT BELIEVE THIS WILL BE USED BY COMPANIES TO...."

O thanks, I feel so reassured now. :rolleyes:

Exactly. Not like anyone has been pushed into this by big companies already....

MOH · 31-01-2012 08:14PM

What on earth is Buttimer on about? We're trying to be the hub of online gaming in the Western World?

PJTierney · 31-01-2012 08:15PM

"...the Internet Community. I'm making myself available at this time to talk to them."

So yeah, shoot him a message if you want to discuss the issue in more detail.

PJTierney · 31-01-2012 08:17PM

MOH wrote: »

What on earth is Buttimer on about? We're trying to be the hub of online gaming in the Western World?

I'm not sure if it's still the same now as it was then, but back in the days of the PlayStation 2, Ireland was second only to Japan in terms of how often they played games, bought them etc.

MOH · 31-01-2012 08:17PM

How many small Irish copyright holder can afford to take such an injunction?

PJTierney · 31-01-2012 08:17PM

Boards is being mentioned now :cool:

skelliser · 31-01-2012 08:18PM

he whats them to enter into voluntary arrangements!

eircom and irma entered into a voluntary arrangement and the pirate bay got blocked.

voluntary arrangements will end in censorship.

MOH · 31-01-2012 08:18PM

PJTierney wrote: »

Boards is being mentioned now :cool:

It's all Sherlock's spoken about all afternoon.

Donnelly is quite good

PJTierney · 31-01-2012 08:18PM

Just heard a Mario coin ringtone/message alert in the Dáil

31-01-2012 08:19PM

Whoever this bald guy is hes amazing

MOH · 31-01-2012 08:20PM

AdamD wrote: »

Whoever this bald guy is hes amazing

Stephen Donnelly. I might have to move to Wicklow.

PJTierney · 31-01-2012 08:21PM

[edit] Sherlock mentions the 2000 act, O'Dea nearly facepalms

Jev/N · 31-01-2012 08:21PM

1980 - 12 years ago... good man Willie

MOH · 31-01-2012 08:22PM

what year does Willie O'Dea think it is?!
1980 was 12 years ago??!!

MOH · 31-01-2012 08:26PM

I think it's pretty clear to anyone by now that Sherlock has been paid off. By Boards!

He's mentioned it about 20 times now.

Jev/N · 31-01-2012 08:28PM

"The State is exposed"... ah FFS Sean - the State is not, it's just EMI & Others have a gun to your empty heads

31-01-2012 08:28PM

I don't know much about how these things work so would appreciate some help;

How is this supposed to get passed? Does it get voted on? Because even within the TDs he seems on his own here, surely if he still proceeds to pass this, democracy is out the window.

skelliser · 31-01-2012 08:30PM

so he is still going ahead with it.

hes taking everyones opinions on board but there wrong.

well thats that

An open letter from Boards.ie to Minister Sean Sherlock

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