Industry committee  We've talked to ISED about the boxes coming into the country and not being certified under the Radiocommunication Act, because there are spectrum issues around these boxes. We pointed out that they're not compliant with the Radiocommunication Act. Again, we're continuing to figh

Industry committee  I actually used to go to school in Windsor and I lived under the Ambassador Bridge. I took my family there to see where I lived in college and, of course, it was gone. There's not much left there. In terms of suggestions we would make, as I said at the beginning, cultural indust

Industry committee  I think it is in the public interest, whenever there's an opportunity, to let Canadians know there are legal sources of the same type of content that they're consuming illegally. Whether it's content from Bell, Rogers, BlueAnt or CBC, if I'm pirating Anne of Green Gables, it migh

Industry committee  The proposal we filed, first of all, does contain a series of checks and balances so that the party that is subject to the potential blocking order has an opportunity to make representations, the party seeking the block has an opportunity to make representations, and ultimately,

Industry committee  I think dialogue with regulator staff before an application is filed is entirely appropriate. In fact, it should be encouraged because it creates open dialogue with a regulator—whether it's for telecom, milk or bread—so that both parties can be informed. There's nothing inappropr

Industry committee  I think you said maybe that Bell pressured universities and colleges. I would disagree with you entirely. Again, when someone's filing an application with the CRTC seeking support for those who think it's a good idea, it's perfectly appropriate to reach out to potential supporter

Industry committee  Mark gave an example of our collective attempt to shut down a pirate operating in Montreal, and it has been a two-year saga. It's been lots of money in terms of legal fees, and it still isn't where it should be. The site-blocking application creates an accessible channel for co

Industry committee  For that type of blocking, yes.

Industry committee  I think you're identifying the problem that we're confronting. As an ISP, we act as a carrier or a pipeline, so for us to be able to do something about the content that rides along that pipe, we need some form of authorization. So in the case—

Industry committee  Under the Telecommunications Act we would still need that authorization from the CRTC to essentially block that content. If a pirate stream is coming from Romania, for example, and we could identify it and we just took it upon ourselves to block it, we would arguably be in brea

Industry committee  I'll give you an example from our perspective. In our FairPlay application, we took a look at the costs of blocking through domain name servers, which is a common method of blocking, and it's infrastructure that is installed on every ISP system today. The estimated cost to do a b

Industry committee  Your analogy to call blocking and spam is apt.

Industry committee  As Dave said, some of the servers that are feeding illegal set-top boxes are located domestically. Where they have been located domestically, we've pursued a judicial remedy. The larger-scale operations, something such as The Pirate Bay, which is a well-known pirate stream avai

Industry committee  I don't know exactly. The Pirate Bay moves around. It has been in various jurisdictions.

Industry committee  My colleague might have some specific information for you.