Federal Court receives interventions in Gold TV site-blocking case

By Ahmad Hathout OTTAWA – The three groups granted intervenor status in the appeal of the country’s first website-blocking court order involving alleged pirate IPTV service provider Gold TV have submitted their final arguments this week. The Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC), the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA), the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA), and a consortium of publishers and sports organizations have all filed their arguments in Federal Court. In June, the court allowed the intervenors to submit arguments on the condition that they be grouped together according to the unique arguments they will...