Canadian Federal Court orders Canada’s ISPs to block piracy website for first time
Canadian Federal court ordered Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to block GoldTV.ca, a piracy website. Gold TV stole legitimate streaming content to sell it online. Canadian internet activists have raised concern of a spread of censorship to legitimate content, as well as ISPs receiving multitude of similar court orders in the future causing a strain on ISPs.
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