The Federal Court issued the first site-blocking judgment allowing the applicants to simultaneously protect live content in multiple sports leagues and events, and to extend protection over future content for which they can prove ownership without the need to file a new application.
This decision builds upon and represents a favourable evolution over recent Canadian precedents in anti-piracy protection for sports content.
Read our article "No parley for pirates: Federal Court (Canada) grants innovative remedy to combat sports piracy" discussing this case.