Stop SOPA Ireland

[Rashers]

Why It Matters

•If this is passed, sites like YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and other popular sites may be blocked in Ireland. These sites depend on user-created content. With one injunction based on one bad link from one person, all of Ireland could lose access to a news site, social network, video sharing or any other kind of site.

•Site owners faced with one of Minister Sherlock’s injunctions will have no legal recourse without a €30,000+ legal warchest. The new law mandates no warning process, no mediation and no appeals process outside the High Court. Smaller sites including individual blogs, podcasts and independent news sources who don’t have the money to mount the costly legal campaign needed to defend themselves will automatically lose out to corporate interests with deep pockets.

•This statute is about to become law with no vote in the Oireachtas. Instead, Minister Sherlock has stated that he intends to issue a ministerial order. This law affects all 4.3 million people in Ireland; something so fundamental should properly be debated and legislated by our elected representatives.

•This legislation is bad for the Irish economy. It jeopardises the fundamental operation of our largest tech employers including Facebook and Google, is hostile to investment and relocation, and stifles our technology startups.

http://stopsopaireland.com/

[Red Biddy]

Rashers I tried to sign the petition but cannot find it

[Rashers]

Rashers I tried to sign the petition but cannot find it

You have to give it a name, email address and Constituency.

[Suzieq]

You have to give it a name, email address and Constituency.

I signed it Jim. Think its just for residents in this country to sign the petition unless an ex pat uses their birthplace as constituency

[Curious Girl]

Big business scores big.....the rest of us score nada.

[quinner]

Why It Matters

•If this is passed, sites like YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and other popular sites may be blocked in Ireland. These sites depend on user-created content. With one injunction based on one bad link from one person, all of Ireland could lose access to a news site, social network, video sharing or any other kind of site.

•Site owners faced with one of Minister Sherlock’s injunctions will have no legal recourse without a €30,000+ legal warchest. The new law mandates no warning process, no mediation and no appeals process outside the High Court. Smaller sites including individual blogs, podcasts and independent news sources who don’t have the money to mount the costly legal campaign needed to defend themselves will automatically lose out to corporate interests with deep pockets.

•This statute is about to become law with no vote in the Oireachtas. Instead, Minister Sherlock has stated that he intends to issue a ministerial order. This law affects all 4.3 million people in Ireland; something so fundamental should properly be debated and legislated by our elected representatives.

•This legislation is bad for the Irish economy. It jeopardises the fundamental operation of our largest tech employers including Facebook and Google, is hostile to investment and relocation, and stifles our technology startups.

http://stopsopaireland.com/

why is the minister enacting this law, if it is detrimental to the economy, and freedom of access ?

[Red Biddy]

You have to give it a name, email address and Constituency.

Tried but it was not accepted. Seems to me that that successive governments bypass emigrants who are still interested in our country