http://www.mulley.net/2007/06/07/it-could-be-you-or-me-irma-on-the-warpath-again/ Invisible people have invisible rights Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:55:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.mulley.net/2007/06/07/it-could-be-you-or-me-irma-on-the-warpath-again/comment-page-1/#comment-273108 snappieT Fri, 08 Jun 2007 12:09:24 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2007/06/07/it-could-be-you-or-me-irma-on-the-warpath-again/#comment-273108 What are they targeting? Direct HTTP downloads? Gnutella? Bittorrent? What are they targeting? Direct HTTP downloads? Gnutella? Bittorrent?

]]> http://www.mulley.net/2007/06/07/it-could-be-you-or-me-irma-on-the-warpath-again/comment-page-1/#comment-272007 Digital Rights Ireland » 23 Filesharers to be Identified - But Concerns Remain Thu, 07 Jun 2007 21:13:26 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2007/06/07/it-could-be-you-or-me-irma-on-the-warpath-again/#comment-272007 [...] IRMA may also have undermined their action by saying that “many young people were involved in file sharing probably unbeknownst to their parents“. As Philip Nolan has pointed out in the Irish Times a parent is not automatically liable for the wrongdoing of their children: Under Irish law, copyright is infringed where a person commits certain acts, or authorizes another to do so, without the permission of the copyright owner. Therefore, the owner of a computer which was used to download illegal songs but who was totally unaware of this, and who did not authorize it, might not be liable for copyright infringement. This may not be a problem where the relationship between the owner and infringer is one of employer and employee, for example, as liability can generally be attributed to the employer.Where the relationship is that of parent and child, however, novel issues of parental responsibility could arise. [...] [...] IRMA may also have undermined their action by saying that “many young people were involved in file sharing probably unbeknownst to their parents“. As Philip Nolan has pointed out in the Irish Times a parent is not automatically liable for the wrongdoing of their children: Under Irish law, copyright is infringed where a person commits certain acts, or authorizes another to do so, without the permission of the copyright owner. Therefore, the owner of a computer which was used to download illegal songs but who was totally unaware of this, and who did not authorize it, might not be liable for copyright infringement. This may not be a problem where the relationship between the owner and infringer is one of employer and employee, for example, as liability can generally be attributed to the employer.Where the relationship is that of parent and child, however, novel issues of parental responsibility could arise. [...]

]]> http://www.mulley.net/2007/06/07/it-could-be-you-or-me-irma-on-the-warpath-again/comment-page-1/#comment-271895 The Swearing Lady Thu, 07 Jun 2007 19:36:46 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2007/06/07/it-could-be-you-or-me-irma-on-the-warpath-again/#comment-271895 Asking me for twenty quid for an album I want one track off is affecting <i>my</i> livelihood, dammit! Asking me for twenty quid for an album I want one track off is affecting my livelihood, dammit!

]]>