EMI Sues Ireland
The record label is taking legal action against the the Irish government over piracy
NME reports that EMI has launched legal action accusing the country's government of dragging its feet in introducing new laws to combat illegal file sharing.
According to the Irish Times, EMI Ireland's chief executive Willie Kavanagh has said that record labels should have the right to demand internet service providers investigate websites they believe are involved in piracy. He also said that the label doubted that the Irish government had the will to take on illegal file sharers and said that any planned new laws would be "unlikely to satisfy the music industry’s requirement for injunctive relief".
EMI Ireland saw its profits for 2011 halve from their figures in 2010, a drop the label has said has been largely caused by the rise of illegal file sharing.