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Following a complaint from major media companies Rogers, Bell and TVA, the Court ordered several major ISPs to block Absolutely wild. The way I'm reading it th
by Causality1 5y ago
Following a complaint from major media companies Rogers, Bell and TVA, the Court ordered several major ISPs to block
Absolutely wild. The way I'm reading it this was not a court case where the site was sued and lost. A rights holder company filed a complaint and the court just said "sure" and ordered private companies to censor the internet. No trial, no evidence, no nothing. Holy shit.
- hluska 5y agoThat is not what happened. Goldtv did not file a response to the statement of claim and went far enough to avoid answering to rights holders that the judge mentioned it in the order. In Canada, if you don’t file a response to a statement of claim, you waive your right to present evidence and the plaintiff’s evidence is evaluated as sworn. The original defendant failed to defend itself and then decided to ignore two straight injunctions. I’ve heard all sorts of people say that Canadian courts aren’t anything to worry about. They are serious… Here is the order: https://www.canlii.org/en/ca/fct/doc/2019/2019fc1432/2019fc1432.html https://www.canlii.org/en/ca/fct/doc/2019/2019fc1432/2019fc1...
- Causality1 5y agoThank you. The article didn't make that very evident.
- hluska 5y agoI agree with you - the article seemed to jump to the conclusion without going through context. If you regularly run into the Canadian system, bookmark canlii - it’s an incredible site and you can drill down to read through history or up to read commentary! Thanks for being kind!! This has been fun! :)