MONTRÉAL, Feb. 28, 2022 /CNW
Telbec/ - Intellectual property protects the creation and use of
the works of artists, inventors and other stakeholders in our
society. Piracy is the most blatant denial of those rights.
Quebecor will always be a staunch defender of copyright and of
copyright holders.
The Federal Court has again ruled in favour of Quebecor in a
decision sanctioning two Québec City companies. The Court found
Technologies Konek et Coopérative de câblodistribution Hill Valley
jointly and severally liable for infringing TVA Group's copyright
by illegally redistributing the TVA and TVA Sports channels at
different times.
Quebecor became aware of Konek's illegal activities in early
2020 when some of its clients were solicited to do business with
the Québec City-based company, which was redistributing to hotels
TVA Group channels to which it held no rights.
Quebecor 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.
Piracy and content theft cannot be condoned if cultural industries
are to thrive. Such illegal appropriation causes losses in the
millions of dollars and jeopardizes the entire content creation
chain.
In recent years, Quebecor has joined with other distributors and
programming undertakings to take action against piracy and has won
a number of cases, including against Truespeed Internet Services
Inc., TVAddons and Gold TV.
* Federal Court, court number T-374-21, file number 2022 FC
256
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