"Bell invests hundreds of millions of dollars every year to develop, produce, acquire and deliver great Canadian and international content over multiple platforms, but content piracy continues to undermine the entire media industry, including the work of many Canadians," said
In its ruling, the Federal Court found that three set-top box retailers and one individual (a director with one of the retailers) had distributed, offered for sale, sold, operated and possessed equipment used or intended to enable unauthorized and illegal access to content. Noting that "the growth of the illicit pre-loaded set-top box industry underscores the need to deter infringement", the Court granted permanent injunctions against the retailers and ordered them to pay statutory damages totalling
The Federal Court's decision released on
The negative financial impact of TV piracy on Canadian broadcasters and distributors is in the range of
To address the harms caused by the availability of illegal content, Bell supports a comprehensive approach that would include additional measures by the federal government and the
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