Last fall, Activeits, also known as Tyler White — who lives on Old Sambro Road on the outskirts of Halifax — was ordered to pay $7.1 million in penalties to some of the largest entertainment companies in the world for his role in a streaming service called Beast TV.
The Beast case also shows how powerful entertainment companies have turned to an extraordinary legal measure in Canadian civil courts, gaining judicial orders allowing them to enter the homes of perpetrators and even seize equipment.
When lawyers and private investigators arrived at White’s two-storey country house on the morning of Nov. 24, 2020, and simultaneously to the Brantford, Ont., home of a business partner, Colin Wright, they came armed with an order signed by a Federal Court judge.
The Office of the United States Trade Representative has for more than two decades included Canada on its “watch list” of countries it says fail to adequately protect and enforce the intellectual property rights of American inventors, creators and companies.
The International Intellectual Property Alliance, a group that represents thousands of U.S. companies producing video games, television shows, films, music and books, has heavily criticized Canada in multiple reports over the years.
The notion that the unauthorized streaming of hit films or TV shows produced by huge companies amounts to a victimless crime is one likely shared by some viewers taking advantage of ultra-cheap rates offered by illegal IPTV operators.
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Last fall, Activeits, also known as Tyler White — who lives on Old Sambro Road on the outskirts of Halifax — was ordered to pay $7.1 million in penalties to some of the largest entertainment companies in the world for his role in a streaming service called Beast TV.
The Beast case also shows how powerful entertainment companies have turned to an extraordinary legal measure in Canadian civil courts, gaining judicial orders allowing them to enter the homes of perpetrators and even seize equipment.
When lawyers and private investigators arrived at White’s two-storey country house on the morning of Nov. 24, 2020, and simultaneously to the Brantford, Ont., home of a business partner, Colin Wright, they came armed with an order signed by a Federal Court judge.
The Office of the United States Trade Representative has for more than two decades included Canada on its “watch list” of countries it says fail to adequately protect and enforce the intellectual property rights of American inventors, creators and companies.
The International Intellectual Property Alliance, a group that represents thousands of U.S. companies producing video games, television shows, films, music and books, has heavily criticized Canada in multiple reports over the years.
The notion that the unauthorized streaming of hit films or TV shows produced by huge companies amounts to a victimless crime is one likely shared by some viewers taking advantage of ultra-cheap rates offered by illegal IPTV operators.
The original article contains 1,718 words, the summary contains 235 words. Saved 86%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!