Comments on: “Website is curbed in Oxegen row”, Evening Herald, 26th July 2006

By: mike65

mike65 — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 09:49:05 +0000

Good to see this story continues to have legs, today the Sunday Tribune has a full page on the saga. Boards.ie gets due coverage within it. Naturally if I have to stick my hand in my pocket I will.

By: Macros42

Macros42 — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 12:12:17 +0000

Well I’ll be aiding the boards legal case if required. Until MCD back off from this legal action any money that I would have spent on MCD gigs will be going to the boards.ie fund instead. 70K users is a lot of people and if even a small proportion did the same they might change their tune (pun intended).

By: Freedom of Speech vs Legal Threats - Boards.ie Threatened Again - Michele Neylon :: Pensieri

Sun, 13 Aug 2006 23:55:33 +0000

[...] John Breslin, who is heavily involved with Boards.ie, a popular Irish forum, posted a few days ago about MCD’s legal threats against the company that owns the site. [...]

By: Blurred Keys

Blurred Keys — Sat, 05 Aug 2006 18:56:25 +0000

MCD on damage control?…

Would MCD have a reason for saying But with all major events we want people to safely enjoy themselves”? (from an MCD press release vie blogorrah.com)…Hi:Fi Ireland - A good time will be had by all!! …We strategically want people…

By: mcdwatch.org

mcdwatch.org — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 07:02:28 +0000

Have your say - uncensored.. free speech..

By: Dancing_Priest

Dancing_Priest — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 01:28:00 +0000

I’m inclined to think that considering the totally unreasonable stance taken by MCD on this issue that they deserve to loose all of the (Quite substantial) publicity generated by boards.ie. And rather than bemoaning the fact that they are unable to discuss the procucts and services offered by MCD, the users of boards.ie may want to reconsider whether a company with a legal policy as drachonian MCDs deverves their custom at all.

By: Cloud

Cloud — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 09:15:43 +0000

> the letter from the legal people said you couldnt discuss ANY mcd shows??

No, but it was easier as any discussion on MCD could flow back to Oxegen.

Neil, exactly!

By: Neil

Neil — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 01:12:36 +0000

on the idea of right to reply, would I be the only one who feels that MCD lost any notion of that right the moment they began with such heavy handed tactics? blah, this bugs me so much.

By: Spam-Unfriendly

Spam-Unfriendly — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 18:38:42 +0000

> Not so bizarre when you get a legal threat from MCD; the article didn’t mention that that > was the reason we stopped discussions on their events.

wow, the letter from the legal people said you couldnt discuss ANY mcd shows?? thats pretty heavy man

By: Cloud

Cloud — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 15:17:23 +0000

Regarding the Irish Times bit:

One possible refuge for disgruntled fans was the very busy Boards.ie messageboard. But that site’s administrators decided they were playing with fire and banned all mention of MCD, Oxegen and even, bizarrely, forthcoming MCD shows. Discussions have continued on the Thumped, Cluas and Electric Picnic forums.

Not so bizarre when you get a legal threat from MCD; the article didn’t mention that that was the reason we stopped discussions on their events.