IT Law in Ireland

Internet censorship in Turkey is a prime example of why democracies should not attempt to filter the internet. I've blogged before abou...

Roulette , originally uploaded by discopalace There's been surprisingly little coverage of Irish government plans to require bl...

I have an opinion piece in today's Irish Times arguing against current government proposals which would allow internet blocking and more...

My heart sank when I saw this tweet a few minutes ago: Ireland has angered the hive, we will be reporting all attacks through this accoun...

What's this all about? Long story short: the Irish government plans, before the end of January , to bring in a law which would allow ...

[23.01.12 Hello Redditors! Here's a FAQ with more information.] Adrian Weckler has a worrying piece on government proposals for bloc...

The publicity and success of the anti-SOPA campaign in the US has put internet blocking on the agenda worldwide and Paul Quigley's exce...

Today's Irish Times confirms that the litigation is intended to put pressure on the government in drafting a statutory instrument to a...

The long suffering Irish taxpayer will be delighted to learn that the music industry has joined the queue of those seeking a payout and ...

A block page for the Qatar internet censorship system (pdf). I'm reminded of the Chinese cartoon cyber-police . (h/t Christopher ...

Despite being published in 2010, I somehow managed to miss until now these remarkably sensible research findings from Ofsted on internet b...

It's well known that internet blocking is easy to circumvent. Ofcom in today's report "Site Blocking" to reduce online cop...

Yesterday's decision in Twentieth Century Fox v. BT (PDF) introduces mandatory web blocking for the first time in the UK and unsurprisi...

I've just finished reading a review copy of Cyrus Farivar's impressive new book The Internet of Elsewhere . Like many books, it trac...

[Reblogged from the new website MediaLaws.eu , where I will be contributing updates from Ireland.] One of the most important developments ...

This video by RSA Animate is a superb visualisation of Evgeny Morozov 's recent book The Net Delusion on cyber-utopianism and the impac...

In my last post I looked at the possible implications of the Finance Bill for Irish computer crime and data protection laws . I missed, how...

It's been a busy few days for copyright law in Ireland. First the important decision in Koger v. HWM , and now the landmark decision in ...

The new book Access Controlled from the OpenNet Initiative is now available for free download to read free online. The sequel to the sup...

I was extremely impressed with this cynical but accurate video about EU internet blocking proposals. Enjoy: For more, see the Cleanterne...