Until the end of the current NHL playoffs, Internet service providers will have to block web pages on a \u0027strictly targeted\u0027 list created by an internet…
Can Canada respect the concept of net neutrality — that internet service providers need to treat all content equally when it comes to transmission speeds or access — all the while forcefully blocking access to pirated content?Last week, National Post reported that a Federal Court judge granted Rogers, Bell and Groupe TVA the “unprecedented” ability to force all major Canadian internet providers to block access in real-time to illegal streams of National Hockey League games for the rest of the...
The ruling was celebrated by many intellectual property experts such as Catherine Lovrics, a Partner at Marks & Clerk Canada in Toronto.Article content He wrote that as implemented to date in Australia, the European Union, India, and a host of other countries, “website blocking is a fair, effective, and proportionate tool to target sites involved in the mass, illegal dissemination of copyrighted content and that it does not undermine human rights, free speech, or net neutrality.”
“Dynamic site blocking is a disproportionate response to the unlicensed streaming of live events and a cure to a problem that is worse than the disease,” KrishnamurthyNon-profit organization OpenMedia spokesperson Erin Knight agreed the ruling is neither “reasonable nor proportional” to the issue at hand. She also argued the ruling is a “wildly inappropriate” overstep by the court.
“It won’t just stop here with NHL games, either. We can only hope this judgement will get due follow-up attention, including from higher courts who will strike down this gross overreach,” Knight said.
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