Copyright holders appeal decision lowering over-air TV retransmission royalties

By Ahmad Hathout A consortium of copyright holders wants the Federal Court of Appeal to take a second look at a decision by the Copyright Board of Canada that lowered the rate broadcasters pay those holders for the retransmission of distant television signals, after the court sent the original decision back for reconsideration because of the way the rate was calculated. The copyright board had made the original decision on the rate for the retransmission of those television signals in August 2019, which the consortium challenged in part at the appeal court because it believed the rate was too low....