this is terrible. i like kevin's suggestion of turning the "3 strikes" phrase around.
does anyone on list have FC-friends in .IE? what are all the bad things we want to mention here? * lack of due process, oversight * no alternatives * ISPs bullied by music industry seems so strange (strong industry bullied by failing industry.) kevin On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 10:21 AM, Matt Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Kevin Donovan <[email protected]> wrote: >> EFF reports that an Irish ISP is prepared to implement the RIAA's highly >> sought after "3 Strikes You're Disconnected" plan >> (http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/01/irish-isp-agrees-three-strikes-against-its-users). >> American ISPs are likely to follow. > > I notice the ISP in question is Eircom. They're basically the state > phone/cell/internet company. > > If the situation is anything like England, many people will find it > hard to find an alternative provider when disconnected. There may not > be any alternatives for many people. > > -- > Matt Lee > Free Software, etc. > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss
