Movie studios sue Bell for nearly $400M for alleged notice-and-notice violations

First time such an action filed in court, experts say By Ahmad Hathout Correction: A previous version of this story misquoted James Plotkin as saying the court has discretion to go below the statutory damage guidelines for violations of the notice regime. In fact, Plotkin was speaking about the court's discretion with respect to statutory damages for copyright infringement, not notice violations, which is dealt with separately in the Act. The quote has been removed from the story. SOME MOVIE STUDIOS – who are now making their names in Canada not necessarily for their films but because they have laboured...