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Targeting websites : Website blocking and Norwich orders

Dec 14, 2020
From 12 PM to 1 PM

Location Activity online with ZOOM (link will be sent the day before the event)

The landscape of judicial remedies for copyright owners whose works are disseminated on the Internet is becoming more focused. Towards the end of 2019, the Federal Court of Canada issued for the first time a blocking order against an Internet service provider in GoldTV. Two years before in Voltage Pictures, the Federal Court of Appeal pronounced itself on the conditions required for the issuance of a Norwich order. 

Targeting websites : Website blocking and Norwich orders

Activity run in FRENCH

The landscape of judicial remedies for copyright owners whose works are disseminated on the Internet is becoming more focused. Towards the end of 2019, the Federal Court of Canada issued for the first time a blocking order against an Internet service provider in GoldTV. Two years before in Voltage Pictures, the Federal Court of Appeal pronounced itself on the conditions required for the issuance of a Norwich order. Come join our panelists who will discuss the merits and the consequences of these decisions for copyright owners and Internet service providers.

Panelists: 

  • Me François Guay, Smart & Biggar
  • Me Mathieu Piché-Messier with Me Anaïs Bussières McNicoll, Borden Ladner Gervais

Moderator:

  • Me Marc Isgour, Bar of Brussels 

Date : Monday, December 14, 2020

Time : Noon to 1:00 PM (Montreal time)

1 hour of Continuing Professional Development

Costs :

  • Free for members of ALAI Canada and other national groups of ALAI and also students
  • 25 $ for non-members

 

Note : The Association has not requested verification of the eligibility of this activity by The Barreau du Québec, as the proposed training fully meets the objectives of the Regulation respecting compulsory continuing education for lawyers. The participant can register this activity in their continuing education file.

 

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