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Fraudulent eMail Warning

April 23, 2009

mailscam

Don’t let the con artist burn your e-mail account

Many customers of ISPAI members have recently received e-mails purporting to have been sent from their ISP. These state that the customer’s connection has been detected as having sent spam or viruses or illegally downloaded music. (There are a number of different wordings in circulation). These go on to request various personal details such as (more…)

ISPAI’s Position Statement on Threats Received from the Music Industry

March 13, 2009

copyright

Internet Service Providers in Ireland have recently received letters threatening legal action from solicitors representing four major music recording companies. This legal action is spurious and there is no evidence of wrong-doing by Internet Service Providers. These actions could impact on user privacy, damage the development of new internet services, and hurt Ireland’s standing as an e-Commerce hub. (more…)