- British internet providers forced to block certain torrent sites in court order The London High Court has ordered that major UK Internet service providers (ISPs) block access to three specific torrent sites that allegedly offer links to pirated material.
- Record companies want to control what we access online, Irish Government obliges Threatened by legal action from EMI Ireland, the Irish Government has agreed to publish an order next month, "plugging a gap" in Irish copyright law and effectively allowing record companies to restrict access to whole websites in Ireland as they please.
- Ireland’s ISPs “not responsible” for internet piracy The debate about internet piracy, in particular music and movie piracy, reemerged yesterday after a High Court decision in favour of UPC stated that the company was not responsible for piracy policing on its network.
- UPC wins landmark case against ‘big four’ record labels UPC has won a legal action taken in the High Court in Dublin today by the ‘big four’ record labels over music piracy on its network.