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City Vaughan
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Federal Court orders Canada's ISPs to block piracy website for first time

A Federal Court is ordering Canada's internet service providers to block websites for a company that's offering pirated television streaming online. The precedent-setting move is the first time such an order has been made in Canada, and a judge says ISPs have 15 days to comply. The decision affects Gold TV, an IPTV service that offers thousands of traditional TV channels streaming over internet networks for a nominal fee. Earlier this year, a coalition of Canadian telecommunications companies and ISPs — Bell Media, Groupe TVA and Rogers Media — filed a complaint in a federal court. The complaint said GoldTV.ca was selling subscriptions to numerous channels without owning the rights. But fellow ISP TekSavvy opposed the measures, and said the court should rely on the "specialized expertise" of the CRTC, rather than exercise its own jurisdiction on the matter. The company also raised concerns that ISPs would be faced with "hundreds or even thousands" of site-blocking orders in the future, and that could put a "significant strain" on its resources. The judge acknowledged an internet censorship order of this nature hasn't been previously made in Canada, though something similar has been issued in the United Kingdom. GoldTV.ca billed itself as "Canada's premium IPTV provider" offering 4,000 live TV channels in standard and high definition for as little as $15 per month. 
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The Canadian Press
Unique identifier: CP14716013 
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Duration: 1m28s 
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Create Date: 11/19/2019 5:36:00 PM 
Display aspect ratio: 16:9 
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