The Digital Rights Forum
Thursday, March 29, 2012 at 1:12PM The Time: Tuesday 3rd of April, 1-2pm
The Place: The Science Gallery
The Topic: Your Digital Rights (with respect to copyright)
The Audience: Everyone with a vested interest in the Internet & Copyright
The Cost: None. Tickets are free. Get them at here.
Can't Attend: There will be a live stream available here.
The Digital Rights Forum is a public debate in the prestigous Science Gallery on Tuesday 3rd of April at 1-2pm, to discuss the issues surrounding copyright legislation and digital rights in Ireland.
The argument has been made that statutory instrument 59/2012 which was signed into law by Richard Bruton, T.D. on 29th February of this year will curtail access to websites and services in Ireland and may represent a real threat to Irish citizens civil rights and free access to The Internet by enabling rights holders to seek potentially costly and damaging injunction against websites as innocuous as Youtube, Google, Facebook, Twitter, Boards.ie and others.
These issues and more will be addressed by the panel at the forum, with a Q&A session for attendees to directly address the panel with their concerns.
Panelists:
- Sean Sherlock, Minister for Research & Innovation
- Paul Durrant, GM of the Internet Service Providers Association of Ireland.
- Tom Murphy, Director & Founder of Boards.ie
- Simon McGarr, Litigation Solicitor and founder of StopSopaIreland.com
Chair:
- John Kennedy Editor, Silicon Republic
Agenda:
12:45 Doors Open [15 mins]
13:00 Introductions (chair to open up procedings) [3 mins]
13:03 3 mins introduction/speech (Minister Sean Sherlock)
13:9 3 mins introduction/speech (Paul Durrant)
13:12 3 mins introduction/speech (Tom Murphy)
13:15 3 mins introduction/speech (Simon McGarr)
13:18 Panel Discussion / Rebuttal (20 mins)
13:40 Q & A [20 mins]
14:00 Finish
Boards.ie, Copyright, ISPAI, John Kenndy, Paul Durrant, Sean Sherlock, Silicon Republic, The Internet, Tom Murphy in Events
Reader Comments (4)
Could we get a recording / live stream of this? I'd love to go, but it's tricky with work.
It's definitely on the cards, but I can't say for certain until closer to the event.
all I can say for now is that hopefully there will be a live stream and video available on YouTube.
Sean
If http://www.broadsheet.ie/2012/04/02/the-lawyer-behind-the-stop-sopa-ireland-campaign-writes/ is true, then it will be very important to make it clear to attendees why Simon McGarr could not attend, otherwise the event will be a farce.
@Justin fair point:
Minister Sherlock informed me that he did not wish to participate in a panel with Simon McGarr, that he desired a balanced debate and that he felt that the panel would be better as a smaller contingent (at that time there were 5 total in the panel including the chair, John Kennedy).
So in order to maintain the event and to still give people the chance to have their questions answered, criticisms heard etc. I called Simon and asked that he step down from the panel. He agreed.
Some bullet points:
* Simon was never uninvited from the event, only asked to step down from the panel.
* Simon was personally invited, by myself, to participate in the same manner as every other public person may do, by participating in the Q&A. Simon accepted.
* I never mentioned a scheduling conflict.