Irish Internet firm to shut off illegal music users

The head of the Irish Recorded Music Association said he was happy with the settlement.

"It's something we've had to work together to make sure this got to a stage where we can deal with what is an enormous difficulty within the Irish and worldwide record business," Willie Kavanagh, who is also managing director of EMI Ireland, told state television RTE.

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) last month abandoned mass lawsuits against Internet users who steal music and will instead work with Internet Service Providers to discourage piracy.

The RIAA, which represents major U.S. record labels, said it would have the ISPs send warning notices to users who illegally download music files.