{"id":17545,"date":"2022-02-28T22:59:06","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T22:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/02\/28\/quebecor-partially-wins-piracy-case-against-companies-sharing-content-in-hotels\/"},"modified":"2022-02-28T22:59:06","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T22:59:06","slug":"quebecor-partially-wins-piracy-case-against-companies-sharing-content-in-hotels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/02\/28\/quebecor-partially-wins-piracy-case-against-companies-sharing-content-in-hotels\/","title":{"rendered":"Qu\u00e9becor partially wins piracy case against companies sharing content in hotels"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Telecommunications company Qu\u00e9becor Media has partially won a summary judgement against two Qu\u00e9bec City companies.<\/p>\n

A summary judgment is a motion brought on by one party to have the case processed without going to trial.<\/p>\n

In this case, Qu\u00e9becor argued Konek and Hill Valley worked together to distribute TVA and TVA Sports channels to hotels without obtaining prior rights.<\/p>\n

According to a press release, Qu\u00e9becor first became aware of the activity in early 2020 after it learned some of its clients were asked to do business with the above companies.<\/p>\n

But Qu\u00e9becor is only \u201cpartially successful\u201d in this case, according to Justice S\u00e9bastien Grammond, because Hill Valley is considered a retransmitter since February 3rd, 2021, under section 31 of the Copyright Act. This means that they can show TVA stations but not TVA Sports stations.<\/p>\n

\u201cConsidering that this is only a summary judgment on technical points and that the suit and counter-suit will not go to court before 2023, we do not wish to comment on this unexpected and hasty communication from Quebecor,\u201d Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Rousseau, COO of Konek, said in an email to MobileSyrup<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The court has ruled Qu\u00e9becor will be awarded costs during the second phase of the ruling. It\u2019s not clear when this will be held.<\/p>\n

This is the latest piracy case Qu\u00e9becor has been successful with. Last week, Vid\u00e9otron, a subsidiary of Qu\u00e9becor, won a lawsuit against TVAddon<\/a>s, along with several other media giants.<\/p>\n

Founder Adam Lackman admitted to sharing copyrighted content on TVAddons, a media library app distributing multiple add-ons.<\/p>\n

\u201cQu\u00e9becor takes piracy very seriously and will continue identifying resellers and taking all necessary legal action to protect the rights of subsidiaries actively engaged in creating and redistributing content for the benefit of its cultural workers,\u201d the company says in a statement.<\/p>\n

Image credit: Shutterstock<\/em><\/p>\n

Source: Qu\u00e9becor Media<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n