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Canadian Telecommunications coalition proposes framework to block access to copyright-infringing websites without judicial review

February 1, 2018

On February 1, 2018, it was reported that FairPlay Canada, a coalition of Canada's largest communications and media companies, had filed an application with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), proposing that the CRTC establish an agency to "identify websites blatantly engaged in content theft" and require ISPs to block user access to those websites. 

Read more at the I&J Retrospect

Country
Canada
Topic, claim, or defense
Copyright
Telecommunication (Includes Net Neutrality)