ISPs issued with site blocking court order

yup
looks like one server in Finland was hacked

only risks to users was if you had traffic going over that server
I've yet to find the need to have a Finland IP
 
Teksavvy is appealing arguing this will open the floodgates and cost teksavvy a lot of time and money. I'm not sure if they are angling to get the order quashed or get a fee associated with the order that wouth both cover their costs and discourage frivolous blocking.

It appears that the order as written is block or attempt to block within 15 days. I wonder if removing it from their DNS server (or forwarding it to a page stating it is blocked) satisfies that criteria. Sure you can get around that, but they attempted to block it and it will stop the average person. It may satisfy the court order and doesn't seem overly complicated.
 
IMHO, the crux of the matter is that the monopoly on high prices (and high profits) is being compromised.
This is reminescent of when music streaming first entered the scene. All the big music producers cried "wolf" and there was a hunt for the streaming services. History and the status of today's music releases, bear witness to how that unfolded.
Rather than leveraging the law to stay competitive would it be a better alternative to offer packages at a price that is more attractive?
One of the ISPs has made a start in that direction by providing basic TV that does not require a set top box (Be warned that "basic" means just that and I am sure that they can and should do better).

"four wheels good, two wheels better"
 
The CRTC has ordered Canadian ISPs to block ONE, SINGULAR website, goldtv.biz, that was CLEARLY breaking Canadian law.
Hardly the end to the "free" internet.
ISPs as a whole, are VERY MUCH against this order... not for any noble cause like "free" internet, but because it is work that they would rather not do.
The CRTC does NOT allow ISPs to listen in to your phone calls, or read your emails. DOES NOT HAPPEN, FULL STOP.
And Ben Franklin did not invent the telephone(nor did Alexander Graham Bell).

... you may want to loosen that tin foil hat.

This has set a legal precedent. This makes future cases easier as they can use this decision as the basis of their arguement. All major restrictions start with a "ONE, SINGULAR" decision.
 
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