The IPRED was passed in 2006, BitTorrent users already live rather dangerously (note that BitTorrent is not and cannot be illegal in itself — we could just as well criminalise hyperlinks), and in Ireland, ISPs are ‘recommended’ to block users from accessing The Pirate Bay, a regrettable infringement on users’ freedom to access information, since TPB is not an illegal site — whereas it is still possible to browse sites on violent pornography or how to create a bomb, for example, on most networks.























