Premier League, DAZN, among those in favour of site blocking in Canada

Why the mechanism may be required under international treaties to protect copyrights By Ahmad Hathout OTTAWA – A bevy of organizations representing copyright holders spanning several continents are asking Canada’s Federal Court of Appeal to allow them to argue the merits of site blocking to protect their content rights online, suggesting the mechanism may actually be required of Canada under international treaty obligations. A dozen organizations – including book publishers, research and educational journals, music industry groups and sports networks including DAZN and the English Premier League – wish to argue as interveners that TekSavvy’s appeal against a website blocking...