- Irish businessman sets precedent with Twitter defamation case Prominent Irish businessman Declan Ganley has set a precedent for legal proceedings involving defamation and libel on social sites, including Twitter and Facebook, as he reached an out-of-court settlement yesterday with blogger Kevin Barrington over defamatory tweets he published in December of last year.
- 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.