Your access in Canada to unauthorized streams of live NHL games may have been disabled pursuant to an Order of the Federal Court (Canada) dated November 21, 2022, in Federal Court File No. T-955-21. Access to certain unauthorized streams of live NHL games is disabled in Canada because they communicate copyrighted content without authorization.
This Order was issued at the request of the following Plaintiffs in Canada: Groupe TVA Inc., Rogers Media Inc., Rogers Communications Inc., BCE Inc., Bell Media Inc., CTV Specialty Television Enterprises Inc., The Sports Network Inc. and Le Réseau des sports (RDS) Inc.
If you are the operator of any of the servers that have been made inaccessible, an Internet service customer affected by the Order, or anyone else who believes to be affected by the Order, you may bring a motion in the Federal Court to seek a variation of this Order insofar as it affects your ability to access or distribute non-infringing content. To do so, you must serve and file a motion record within thirty (30) days of first being affected by the Order.
If you believe that the Order is blocking your attempt to access non-infringing content, you may contact the Plaintiffs’ agent Friend MTS at the following e-mail address: nhl_ipallocation@friendmts.com. Your e-mail should include the URL or IP address of the website you attempted to reach, as well as the date and time of your attempt.
For any other inquiries regarding the Order, you may contact us at abuse@videotron.com.
A copy of the Order of the Federal Court dated November 21, 2022, can be downloaded here.
A copy of the expert report relating to the Order of the Federal Court dated May 27, 2022, can be downloaded here.
