Comments on: Catherine Murphy questions Minister Sherlock on Ireland’s proposed SOPA law http://www.catherinemurphy.ie/?p=2837 Independent TD for Kildare North Fri, 04 May 2012 23:08:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Stop SOPA Campaign Gains Cross-Party Support - Stop SOPA Ireland | Stop SOPA Ireland http://www.catherinemurphy.ie/?p=2837#comment-116 Stop SOPA Campaign Gains Cross-Party Support - Stop SOPA Ireland | Stop SOPA Ireland Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:48:46 +0000 http://www.catherinemurphy.ie/?p=2837#comment-116 [...] Fine Gael Cork East TD Tom Barry, the youth wing of the Labour Party, and independent TDs like Catherine Murphy and Stephen Donnelly in voicing serious concerns about the effects of the draft Statutory [...] [...] Fine Gael Cork East TD Tom Barry, the youth wing of the Labour Party, and independent TDs like Catherine Murphy and Stephen Donnelly in voicing serious concerns about the effects of the draft Statutory [...]

]]> By: McGarr Solicitors – Dublin Solicitors Ireland | Making the SOPA Sausages http://www.catherinemurphy.ie/?p=2837#comment-108 McGarr Solicitors – Dublin Solicitors Ireland | Making the SOPA Sausages Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:17:39 +0000 http://www.catherinemurphy.ie/?p=2837#comment-108 [...] with Ian Breslin, who runs the Facebook campaign, and TJ McIntyre of DRI, I met with Catherine Murphy TD to discuss her scheduled exchange of questions with Minister [...] [...] with Ian Breslin, who runs the Facebook campaign, and TJ McIntyre of DRI, I met with Catherine Murphy TD to discuss her scheduled exchange of questions with Minister [...]

]]> By: Tadgh O'Connor http://www.catherinemurphy.ie/?p=2837#comment-105 Tadgh O'Connor Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:38:11 +0000 http://www.catherinemurphy.ie/?p=2837#comment-105 I wish we had Independents as strong willed as you in South Kildare. I wish we had Independents as strong willed as you in South Kildare.

]]> By: Matthew Fitzpatrick http://www.catherinemurphy.ie/?p=2837#comment-104 Matthew Fitzpatrick Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:06:40 +0000 http://www.catherinemurphy.ie/?p=2837#comment-104 Excellent work today TD Murphy, I feel vidicated that you have stood up to question this SI. What I would like you to present to Minister Sherlock tomorrow is this: This piece of legislation is really aimed at File Sharing. That is the downloading of illegally copied Films, TV Shows, Music, Books, Images and so forth. However the nature in which File Sharing is conducted is immune to this form of legislation. For Example, one of the largest file sharing websites is thepiratebay.org. If an injunction were sought to block access to this web site all file sharing operations associated with this website would be completely unaffected. Person to Person file sharing is just that, a file sharing session which takes place between fellow file sharers. As all thepiratebay.org does is host small files which act as "road maps" to pirated content, another Pirate bay could be built within a day. This means that this SI only really serves to hurt those most vulnerable. Large websites like YouTube and so forth may be at risk, but small, user-generated web pages and indeed this very comment section would most definitely be threatened by this Legislation. This SI is inappropriate and Orwellian. Do not allow Minister Sherlock to pass laws he does not understand. le meas, Maitiú Mac Giolla Phádraig. Excellent work today TD Murphy, I feel vidicated that you have stood up to question this SI.

What I would like you to present to Minister Sherlock tomorrow is this:

This piece of legislation is really aimed at File Sharing. That is the downloading of illegally copied Films, TV Shows, Music, Books, Images and so forth.

However the nature in which File Sharing is conducted is immune to this form of legislation. For Example, one of the largest file sharing websites is thepiratebay.org. If an injunction were sought to block access to this web site all file sharing operations associated with this website would be completely unaffected.

Person to Person file sharing is just that, a file sharing session which takes place between fellow file sharers. As all thepiratebay.org does is host small files which act as “road maps” to pirated content, another Pirate bay could be built within a day.

This means that this SI only really serves to hurt those most vulnerable. Large websites like YouTube and so forth may be at risk, but small, user-generated web pages and indeed this very comment section would most definitely be threatened by this Legislation.

This SI is inappropriate and Orwellian. Do not allow Minister Sherlock to pass laws he does not understand.

le meas,

Maitiú Mac Giolla Phádraig.

]]> By: The Post Debate Post-Mortem - Stop SOPA Ireland | Stop SOPA Ireland http://www.catherinemurphy.ie/?p=2837#comment-103 The Post Debate Post-Mortem - Stop SOPA Ireland | Stop SOPA Ireland Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:49:37 +0000 http://www.catherinemurphy.ie/?p=2837#comment-103 [...] by admin on January 26, 2012 | 0 Comments This afternoon, Catherine Murphy, Independent TD, questioned Sean Sherlock in the Dáil on Ireland’s proposed SOPA legislation: Deputy Murphy highlighted her concerns [...] [...] by admin on January 26, 2012 | 0 Comments This afternoon, Catherine Murphy, Independent TD, questioned Sean Sherlock in the Dáil on Ireland’s proposed SOPA legislation: Deputy Murphy highlighted her concerns [...]

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