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On 2 December 2013, the Irish High Court granted an injunction requiring five Internet service providers (UPC, Vodafone, Digiweb, Hutchinson 3G and Telefonica) to block access to Kickass Torrents (Kat), a popular file-sharing site used by Internet users to download music and movie files. This is the second time an injunction has been granted under the controversial copyright injunction law that was introduced in February 2012 (see IRIS 2012-4/31 and IRIS 2013-10/29). None of the Internet service providers (ISPs) objected to the blocking injunction being granted. A number of other ISPs including...

On 20 December 2013, the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) released recent decisions on six broadcasting complaints. At its meeting held in November 2013, the Compliance Committee upheld (in part) one complaint and rejected four. A further complaint had been resolved by the Executive Complaint Forum at its October 2013 meeting. Under section 48 of the Broadcasting Act 2009, viewers and listeners can complain about broadcasting content that they believe is not in keeping with broadcasting codes and rules. All six of the complaints dealt either in whole or in part, with fairness, objectivity...

On 10 September 2013 the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) released recent broadcasting complaints decisions. A total of seven complaints were considered in the period. At its meeting held in July 2013, the Compliance Committee upheld one complaint (in part) and rejected three. A further three complaints were resolved by the Executive Complaint Forum at meetings held in July and August 2013. Under section 48 of the Broadcasting Act 2009, viewers and listeners can complain about broadcasting content which they believe is not in keeping with broadcasting codes and rules. All seven of the complaints...

On 12 June 2013 the Irish High Court granted an injunction requiring six Internet service providers (UPC, Vodafone, Imagine, Digiweb, Hutchinson 3G and Telefonica) to block the website known as The Pirate Bay. This is the first time an injunction has been granted under the controversial copyright injunction law that was introduced in February 2012 (see IRIS 2012-4/31). The Pirate Bay is already blocked by another Internet service provider (ISP), Eircom, without a court order. Four music companies (EMI, Sony, Warner and Universal), sought the order from the court. The ISPs did not oppose the application...

On 8 August 2013, the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) published BAI Guidelines in Respect of Coverage of Referenda (Guidelines). The Guidelines set out rules with which all Irish broadcasters must comply when covering the forthcoming referenda, on the abolition of Seanad Éireann (upper house of Parliament) and the creation of a new court of appeal. Both referenda are scheduled to take place on 4 October 2013. Rule 27 of the BAI Code of Fairness, Objectivity and Impartiality in News and Current Affairs provides that broadcasters must comply with Guidelines and codes of practice on election...