2 Years ago, Canadian broadcasting giant Groupe TVA, Bell and Rogers Will pirate Internet TV service GoldTV Appeal to court. now, What started as a simple copyright case has become very complicated.

The pirate services did not respond to the lawsuit, The obligee requested injunctive relief, Ask your local Internet service provider (ISP) Block several related domain names. some ISP Resist the request of the right holder.

2018 End of the year, Canada became the first to ask ISP North American countries that block pirated websites or services. Website blocking litigation blocking measures still exist, but ISP TekSavvy Remain opposed to, And filed a lawsuit in federal court. The case is still ongoing, There is also interest from third parties, They want to air their views on this important issue.

8 Early month, ". CA" Domain name Registrar and Internet Policy and Public Interest Office of Canada (CIPPIC) Join the proceedings, Calling the blocking ban a violation "Copyright law" with "Telecommunications act" . Copyright holders participate in the litigation Super League, A memorandum was signed by the Canadian Music Association and the Publishers Association, among others.

As expected, They all support the blocking measures. They said in their submission, Copyright holders paint a picture of an Internet rife with illegal activity, These include piracy sites and services that are almost impossible to stop. Site blocking is one of the few measures they have to deal with the threat. "The infringer anonymously operates download and streaming sites and servers outside Canada, Contempt injunction, Rule of law. Voluntary deletion requests are often ignored or have become a futile game of whack-a-mole. " "Plaintiffs can take few direct steps to enforce court injunctions against such infringers. Wait for ISP The blocking order in place is one of the only measures to disrupt these and other illegal business models. " Illegal Traffic does not apply neutrality policy Canada's net neutrality policy does not allow Internet providers to block domain names.

but, The copyright holder points out that this does not apply "illegality" Flow of. Although there is no agreement or precise definition of the exact scope of net neutrality, But there is an international consensus that net neutrality does not protect illegal practices. Copyright trumps free speech in addition to jurisdictional issues, TekSavvy And other participants in the proceedings also raised the issue that freedom of expression is a human right.

At this point, Copyright holders retort that copyright is also a human right. They see no threat to freedom of speech, Even so, Copyright is also more important in this particular case. Courts around the world have ruled, The blocking order does not violate the right to free speech. Based on these and other arguments, Copyright holders are asking the federal court to uphold the lower court's ruling, Continuation of the ban. Now it is up to the federal courts to take a closer look at all the opinions, A final ruling is then made.

Regardless of the outcome, The case is no longer limited to GoldTV service, It will determine whether other piracy sites or services are blocked in the future, This could have implications for millions of people.

(Compiled from torrentfreak. com)

Reprinted from China Intellectual Property Network   translation: Rason group　proofread: Wang Dan

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