Federal Court orders Videotron channel retransmitters pay over $500K for infringement

By Ahmad Hathout OTTAWA – The Federal Court on Friday ordered broadcasters who had been restreaming Videotron’s channels to hotel rooms without consent to cease their activities and pay the Quebecor subsidiary $553,000 to compensate for damages. Back in March 2022, the Federal Court determined who should be liable for copyright infringement. It ordered two of three companies – Technologies Konek inc. and Coopérative de câblodistribution Hill Valley – should be held liable for retransmitting Videotron’s TVA Sports channels to a number of hotel rooms, but left out another company called Libeo. The companies would buy a single signal from...