MILESTONE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST PIRACY

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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n MILESTONE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST PIRACY\n \n \n /* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Canada NewsWire\n \n \n \n \n \n \n TORONTO\n \n \n ,\n \n \n March 31, 2022\n \n \n /CNW/ -  Asian Television Network International Limited (ATN) (TSXV: SAT) is\n \n Canada's\n \n largest South Asian Broadcaster and pioneer broadcaster of Cricket.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ATN is very happy to note that the Supreme Court of\n \n Canada\n \n has declined leave to appeal in the matter of the 2021 Federal Court of Appeal decision under which a 2019 Federal Court Order to block their subscribers access to piracy websites was unanimously upheld.\n \n \n ATN was an active member of FAIRPLAY COALITION, comprised of industry stake holders, which had sought dissolution of piracy and had in that process filed an application to the CRTC. The application was denied in 2018 for lack of jurisdiction. It seems that the legislation was drafted in the internet's early days of innocence and Piracy was not yet on the scene and never up-dated.\n \n \n Be that as it may, several of the industry leaders persevered with patience and resources to find a judicial remedy and we are grateful for their initiative and the success in that process which shall benefit Canadian cultural industry across the board.\n \n \n As per a recent release from Smart & Biggar LLP \"On\n \n March 24, 2022\n \n , the Supreme Court of\n \n Canada\n \n denied Teksavvy Solutions Inc's application for leave to appeal a decision of the Federal Court of Appeal (2021 FCA 100), affirming the Federal Court's decision in\n \n Bell Media Inc et al v Goldtv.biz et al\n \n , 2019 FC 1432, which enjoined\n \n Canada's\n \n main Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to block their subscribers' access to certain piracy websites. This decision confirms once and for all that site-blocking Orders are available in\n \n Canada\n \n , and is another major victory for Canadian copyright holders in the fight against online piracy. The Plaintiffs/Respondents Bell Media Inc, Groupe TVA Inc and Rogers Media Inc were ...

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