Irish Recorded Music Association

Irish Recorded Music Association
Type Non-profit
Location
Services Media attention, direct-appeal campaigns, research
Fields Protecting music
Key people
 Sean Murtagh (Anti-Piracy Dept), Alex Callow (IRMA Membership), Willie Kavanagh (Chairman IRMA), Pat Creed (Warner Music Ireland), Mark Crossingham (Universal Music Ireland), Annette Donnelly (Sony Music Ireland) & Peter Kenny (RMG)
Website irma.ie

The Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA) is a non-profit association set up in 1999 [1] to manage and control the music industry in the Republic of Ireland.[2]

Goals and activities

Filesharing controversy

IRMA and Eircom reached an agreement over file sharing which uses a third-party organisation to monitor Eircom users for downloading of infringing music.[6] The agreed system was reported to use a "three-strikes-and-you're-out" system.[6] The agreement was criticised by Digital Rights Ireland and IrelandOffline.[6][7]

The association sent solicitors' letters to several organisations, including hosting service Blacknight Solutions, whose MD, Michele Neylon, made the copy sent to his company publicly available on the company site.[8] Although Blacknight Solutions isn't an ISP they still received the letter, which stated in the event of a positive response to this letter it is proposed to make practical arrangements with Blacknight of a like nature to those made with eircom.[8][9]

Protests against the actions of IRMA are being organised by Digital Rights Ireland, as well as Blackout Ireland.[9]

Board member companies

The recording companies and other music-related companies that are on the IRMA board are:[10]

The IRMA trust

In 1997 the IRMA set up a trust with Phonographic Performance (Ireland) Limited, with the aim to enhance the opportunities for young people who want to pursue a career in music. The trust's main initiative is the Instrument Bank, which provides music instruments to young people, particularly to young people who live in disadvantaged communities throughout Ireland.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Template:Cite CRO
  2. ↑ "IRMA - About Us". irma.ie.
  3. ↑ "High Court Gives Irish ISPs 30 Days To Block The Pirate Bay". TorrentFreak.
  4. ↑ "Is censorship the order of the day in protecting the music industry?". Independent.ie.
  5. ↑ ">> IRMA << Welcome to our site >>". irma.ie.
  6. 1 2 3 Specialists to police music downloads, John Collins, The Irish Times, 6 February 2009. Retrieved 27 February 2009.
  7. ↑ Lobby group calls for stop to censorship plans, Marie Boran, Silicon Republic, 26 February 2009. Retrieved 27 February 2009.
  8. 1 2 "IRMA warning letter goes public", Ralph Averbuch, ENN.ie, 26 February 2009. Retrieved 27 February 2009.
  9. 1 2 "Music industry pushing for internet filtering as well as 'three strikes' – what can you do about it?"
  10. ↑ "IRMA - About Us". IRMA. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
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