[...] The campaign stopsopaIreland.com has collected over 30,000 signatures, and hundreds (possibly thousands) of emails, calls and other communications have been made to Mr Sherlock and other TDs. A vigorous online opposition to the law has developed.

To be fair, I believe Mr Sherlock means that the government thinks copyright holders should have a right to block access to ISPs. But when did this become their position? Was it in the Labour programme for government? [...]

Meanwhile, music discovery and distribution is increasingly online and social, and artists are finding new ways of reaching their audiences without a record company (eg Radiohead (website), Lana Del Ray (Youtube), the RubberBandits (Facebook).

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