Appeal court rules Voltage needs more proof respondents actually infringed copyright

By Ahmad Hathout OTTAWA – The Federal Court of Appeal ruled Wednesday that movie studio Voltage cannot expect the court to assume alleged infringers of its copyright are the actual infringers without further investigation. The appeal court upheld a lower court decision that said further discovery would be needed to prove that the named respondents were actually the ones who used the flagged IP addresses downloading and uploading the studio’s Revolt film. “The defendants’ lack of participation in litigation does not offset the plaintiff’s lack of evidence,” the appeal court ruled. “The Federal Court was not obligated to draw an...