Australia has ordered its first blocks of unauthorized online gambling domains, while a Canadian court has just issued the country’s first ever domain-blocking order.
.... federal judge in Canada issued a ruling on November 15 granting a request by the country’s largest broadcasters and ISPs to block a family of websites operated by GoldTV, a ‘pirate’ video streaming service.
Teksavvy Solutions, an Ontario-based ISP, was the lone telecom firm to oppose the push to block GoldTV’s domains, largely based on its concerns over the costs that ISPs would bear if required to play this game of domain whack-a-mole.
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.... federal judge in Canada issued a ruling on November 15 granting a request by the country’s largest broadcasters and ISPs to block a family of websites operated by GoldTV, a ‘pirate’ video streaming service.
Teksavvy Solutions, an Ontario-based ISP, was the lone telecom firm to oppose the push to block GoldTV’s domains, largely based on its concerns over the costs that ISPs would bear if required to play this game of domain whack-a-mole.
read more (Calvinayre)
