An open letter from Boards.ie to Minister Sean Sherlock

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Impressed with the petition that has been set up. Well done to all.

Morag

It's a really nice petition shame I have to use the email which I signed up to boards.ie with.
Not a hope in hell I will put my legal name and address and phone number against that nom de internet, esp in an email to my T.D. I have no issues emailing them from the email account which I do have connected to my legal name but not via boards.

GAAman

I was number 188 to send this, I thought there would be much more to be honest maybe it is just early days yet.

Sharrow wrote: »

It's a really nice petition shame I have to use the email which I signed up to boards.ie with.
Not a hope in hell I will put my legal name and address and phone number against that nom de internet, esp in an email to my T.D. I have no issues emailing them from the email account which I do have connected to my legal name but not via boards.

Agreed, I thought it was a bit strange that you could not change that.

Scofflaw

elviscostello wrote: »

Impressed with the petition that has been set up. Well done to all.

Yes, it's good - avoids the mass email effect by linking it to a constituency.

Can people please not bother to write abuse in any emails they send - it only makes it easier for politicians to dismiss the entire body of emails they receive. Writing abusive emails only undermines everyone's efforts.

cordially,
Scofflaw

RangeR

GAAman wrote: »

I was number 188 to send this, I thought there would be much more to be honest maybe it is just early days yet.

I'm 209. Give it time. It only went live a short while ago.

Seachmall

Sharrow wrote: »

It's a really nice petition shame I have to use the email which I signed up to boards.ie with.

Seconded.

I sent the email anyway, as my emails from my other address have yet to receive a response, but I can see instances where people would rather use the a different address.

unkymo

Done!

chavezychavez

Number 250. Lets hope this grows. Mature, respectful and tactful approch to allow voices to be heard.

Just wait for the RTE news "shock" coverage of the Boards.ie members spamming Dail members soon :rolleyes:

DeVore

it went up about 8 minutes ago... 209 is incredible in that short a space of time...

DeVore

A good protest letter has the elements described in the blurb as well as asking to meet and threatening to organise and agitate against them in the next election.

they work for you remember!

DeVore

A good protest letter has the elements described in the blurb as well as asking to meet and threatening to organise and agitate against them in the next election.

they work for you remember!

GAAman

DeVore wrote: »

it went up about 8 minutes ago... 209 is incredible in that short a space of time...

Apologies, I thought this had been up for awhile have been working my way back through this thread since I posted

Sarky

The preview was completely blank for me, is there some way to confirm that I didn't just send several TDs a blank email?

EDIT: Oh, never mind, the servers just emailed me a copy. All grand so.

hamsterboy

Dear ***,

Thanks for taking the time to get in touch in relation to the Copyright Statutory Instrument.

As you will be aware, it is necessary for EU Member States to ensure that their laws are compliant with, or adequately transpose, those set out in EU Directives. One such Directive was the EU Copyright Directive 2001/29/EC, which provided that rights holders must be in a position to apply for injunctions against intermediaries whose services are used by a third party to infringe a copyright or related right.

A High Court judgment has held that, by reasons of the Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000, an injunction is not available in cases of transient communications and suggested that Ireland did not comply with EU law. For this reason, Minister of State Sean Sherlock decided to introduce a Statutory Instrument to restate the position that was considered to pertain prior to the High Court judgment.

In granting such injunctions, the courts must take account of various judgments of the European Court of Justice (ECJ). These require that a fair balance be struck between the various fundamental rights protected by the Community legal order and the principle of proportionality. That would include, inter alia, the protection of the fundamental rights of individuals who are affected by such measures, the freedom to conduct a business enjoyed by operators such as Internet Service Providers, the protection of private data and right of freedom of expression and information.

I hope that this goes some way towards addressing your query and thanks again for raising this important matter.

Kind regards,

Brian Walsh TD
Fine Gael, Galway West

Smells like a prepared reply to me!

HB

yoyo

Many thanks for getting in touch on what is a critically important issue for our country.

A lot of people have been in contact with me about this and so apologies for the general nature of this reply.

During the week I spoke with Minister Sherlock on a number of occasions about this. The matter was then raised in the Dáil as a topical issue on Thursday. Unfortunately, under the rules of the House, I was not permitted to speak at the time. However, following the short debate a few of us met privately with Minister Sherlock to discuss further engagement on the issue.

More recently I have spoken with the Government Chief Whip and I am hoping that a delegation will meet with the Minister in the coming days. The order has not yet been signed and there will be further discussion on the issue.

Thanks again for your interest,

I actually got a much better response, won't mention the name but its a Fine Gael TD, good to hear all the same!

Nick

Boards.ie: Paddy

Sarky wrote: »

The preview was completely blank for me, is there some way to confirm that I didn't just send several TDs a blank email?

EDIT: Oh, never mind, the servers just emailed me a copy. All grand so.

We have been having sporadic database problems for the last half hour or so. That's probably why you're previews were blank. Everything looks to be stable again now.

No. 418

trooney

#422...

FreudianSlippers

I got a very quick reply from Maureen O'Sullivan T.D. - her response was very honest about her lack of understanding about the S.I. (even mentioning being concerned about cyber bullying). I wrote her back explaining that the lack of understanding and debate surrounding the issue is exactly why this S.I. shouldn't be signed into law in its current form and (politely) pointed out that the S.I. is not related to cyber bullying.

My name is URL

What's the privacy policy for the petition? Are contact details & addresses stored by Boards?

edanto

Stock reply from Shatter, containing the line "Your analogy is neat but does not stand up to credible examination."

The thing is, I didn't make any analogies in my email.

I'm sure my retort of "Your reply is neat, but does not stand up to credible examination." will have him changing his mind about his support of the Sherlock in no time.

joseph brand

Emails sent to three TD's.

That was easy.

Thanks DeVore for the template letter.

The_Morrigan

#592 - numbers are climbing.

expectationlost

edanto wrote: »

Stock reply from Shatter, containing the line "Your analogy is neat but does not stand up to credible examination."

The thing is, I didn't make any analogies in my email.

I'm sure my retort of "Your reply is neat, but does not stand up to credible examination." will have him changing his mind about his support of the Sherlock in no time.

did you refer to sopaireland?

The_Morrigan

Personal email from Mr Derek Keating, within ten minutes, requesting further contact details so a discussion can be had.

expectationlost

can we see the form letter, i'll not use the boards form sent my own emails, is phone required?

Mark Hamill

Number 667, sent to all four TDs in Dun Laoghaire.

Lord TSC

Sent to all four louth TDs.

Trevor451

Even though I am completely against what this bill stands for, I am not going to partake in this petition for one sole reason - The politicians will just simply ignore the emails sent. If you guys are so opposed to this bill why not talk to the politicians directly? :rolleyes:

Also I don't know if this has been posted before but:
http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/proposal-to-filter-emails-to-tds-183699.html

Gaunty

I got a reply from Paul Kehoe.

****,

I share the same view as Minister Sherlock on this matter as our legislative position needs to be resolved.

There is a large divide between copyright protection and censorship and any suggestion of censorship is mere scaremongering, as the directive has been in place in the EU since 2002 and has not infringed freedom of speech.

In fact the Directive states that an injunction can't infringe rights of an ISP's customers, in particular their freedom to receive and impart information.

Comparison of this Statutory Instrument to the SOPA laws that are being proposed in the USA is an exaggeration.

My primary concern is that the work of any artist is protected from theft by Irish law. Personally I'm not comfortable with the rights of authors, musicians, photographers, graphic artists etc. being infringed. There has to be something in place to protect every citizen from IP theft.

The Government has been assured by the Attorney General's office has indicated that the EU Directive, that has been in place across Europe for almost ten years, is 'clear and unambiguous'.

This Government would never introduce any legislation that would jeopardise our Digital Economy, this SI has been carefully considered and drafted by the Department and will serve to protect intellectual property in Ireland in the coming years.

Regards

****

Minister Paul Kehoe TD
Government Chief Whip & Minister of State