Court has the power to block websites, large broadcasters argue

By Ahmad Hathout OTTAWA – The laws don’t need an explicit site-blocking provision for it to be used by the Federal Court as a remedy in copyright infringement cases, large broadcasters are arguing in an appeal of the country’s first site-blocking order. In a joint submission to the court on Tuesday, broadcasters Bell, Rogers and Groupe TVA rejected an argument by TekSavvy, which appealed the November order to block GoldTV, that said site-blocking isn’t in the jurisdiction of the court because it isn’t afforded in the law. The larger broadcasters said the court has much wider latitude to resolve such...