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Tuesday March 12, 2013 |
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Canipre, a Montreal-based intellectual property rights enforcement firm, has admitted
that it is behind the Voltage file sharing lawsuits involving TekSavvy
in what is described as a "speculative invoicing" scheme. Often referred to as copyright
trolling, speculative invoicing involves sending hundreds or thousands of demand
letters alleging copyright infringement and seeking thousands of dollars
in compensation. Those cases rarely - if ever - go to court as the
intent is simply to scare enough people into settling in order to
generate a profit.
Canadian Business reports
that Canipre's goal is to import the speculative invoicing strategy to
Canada and that it found a willing partner in Voltage Pictures. Canipre
collected thousands of IP addresses that are alleged to have downloaded
Voltage films and Voltage is now asking the Federal Court to order
TekSavvy to disclose the subscriber names linked to the IP addresses.
The Canipre admission is
important because it is consistent with arguments that the case
involves copyright trolling and that the Federal Court should not
support the scheme by ordering the disclosure of subscriber contact
information.
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Friday February 08, 2013 |
Distributel, an independent ISP with services in Quebec, Ontario,
Alberta, and B.C., has fought back in a file sharing lawsuit launched by
NGN Prima Productions, opposing a motion
to disclose the names of subscribers alleged to have engaged in file
sharing. It appears that NGN is using Canipre to identify alleged file
sharers,
the same company that has supplied information to Voltage Pictures in
its case
involving thousands of subscribers at TekSavvy. Distributel did not
oppose a similar request in November 2012, but says in court documents
filed today that several factors led to a change in position when NGN
filed another request for more names.
First, Distributel was concerned with how NGN treated its subscribers,
demanding a $1500 settlement in a notice claiming that subscribers could
face up to $20,000 in damages. Distributel noted the lack of evidence
for the claim made by NGN, relying on an expert analysis of BitTorrent
to highlight the shortcomings. Moreover, Distributel
says NGN is engaged in copyright trolling, citing the misrepresentation
in the potential liability (the law now features a cap of $5,000 for non-commercial statutory damages) and the settlement demands that far exceed actual damages.
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Tuesday January 15, 2013 |
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David Ellis has a complete review
of yesterday's Federal Court hearing in the Voltage - TekSavvy file
sharing case. The judge sided with TekSavvy in adjourning the case to
give CIPPIC the opportunity to have its request to intervene in the case
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Tuesday December 18, 2012 |
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David Ellis provides an excellent review
of yesterday's court hearing involving Voltage Pictures' request for a
court order mandating that TekSavvy disclose customer information on
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