THE Irish mainstream media doesn’t seem to have covered (as far as I can tell after a quick Google) the story about how illegal file-sharers south of the border face being cut off the internet. Eircom is the first ISP in Europe to cave into the music industry, by agreeing to shut off any user’s Internet connection after it gets a third accusation of copyright infringement. A campaign against the move has already started. The move comes as the case in Sweden against the Pirate Bay ends, and it is revealed that Swedish police have busted one of PB’s servers, the largest of its kind in the country. UPDATE: New video.
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