EIRCOM settles with music firms:

High Court proceedings between Eircom and four music companies - EMI, Sony, Universal and Warners - have been settled on an amicable basis. The proceedings had been in court for eight days.

Under the settlement, the record companies will supply Eircom with the internet provider addresses of all persons who they detect illegally uploading or downloading copywrite works on a peer to peer basis.

Eircom has agreed that it would disconnect any broadband subscriber who failed to comply, following a warning they were acting illegally.

SOURCE: RTE BUSINESS

While over in the UK, the Government’s interim report into Digital Britain has been published. It proposes ‘civil enforcement’ of copyright “a Rights Agency to bring industry together to agree how to provide incentives for legal use of copyright material; work together to prevent unlawful use by consumers which infringes civil copyright law; and enable technical copyright-support solutions that work for both consumers and content creators”.