SiliconRepublic.com
08.02.2012
Last-minute hopes for a controversial statutory instrument dubbed Ireland’s SOPA going back out to the public for consultation have been dashed. The instrument is due to be signed shortly.
Rumours had emerged that the considerable furor surrounding the change to the Copyright Act 2000 that led to more than 80,000 people signing a Stop SOPA Ireland petition and 1,300 people pledging to visit their TDs on the matter had brought about a last-minute change of heart.
Sources suggested that a decision to put the legislative change back out for public consultation was due to be announced by Minister Sean Sherlock later today.
However, a spokesperson for Sherlock’s office at the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation said this was not the case.
Read more: Ireland’s SOPA: no reprieve – SI not going back out for consultation
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