Claiming a EUR 28 million decline in revenue for the Irish music industry between 2001 and 2004 and following what director general Dick Doyle describes as an extensive leaflet-driven education campaign, IRMA (the Irish Recorded Music Association) has come down hard for illegal music uploaders to peer to peer networks.
Eight serial uploaders, in other words, users who have uploaded more that 500 songs to share with other Web users, have admitted liability, have agreed to desist from illegal file sharing in the future and will pay legal damages of between EUR 6,000 and EUR 8,000.
Nine other users who have been targeted by IRMA have yet to admit liability but are, according to Dick Doyle, being actively pursued by the industry body.
Although Doyle insists that the service providers were co-operative in the process, IRMA were compelled to take the ISPs to the High Court to get access to the details of the offenders.
IRMA has also said that it may launch further legal actions locally to counter the problem of the Internet-based music piracy.
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