What is Blackout Ireland?

IRMA, the Irish Recorded Music Association, wants to block Irish Internet users’ access to certain websites. They have written letters to Irish Internet providers telling them, under threat of legal action, to allow IRMA to tell them what websites to block. Eircom has already agreed to this. They will settle every application for website blocking out of court.

No sites have been blocked yet. We have limited time to act before the bans are set.

IRMA believes that by blocking websites like thepiratebay.org it will reduce piracy in Ireland and preserve some of its profits. They think the best way to achieve this is by censoring access to the internet. More details available at BlackoutIreland.com.

via Blackout Ireland.