Access to unauthorized streams of live sports events (NHL, NBA, Premier League, UEFA Euro 2024, MLB, UFC, etc.) may have been blocked by a Federal Court of Canada Order dated July 9, 2024 and amended July 12, 2024 and July 23, 2024, in Federal Court File T-743-24. The following are some important details:
- Access to certain unauthorized streams of live sports events is disabled in Canada because they communicate copyrighted content without authorization.
- This Order was issued at the request of the following Applicants: Rogers Media Inc., Rogers Communications Inc., BCE Inc., Bell Media Inc., CTV Specialty Television Enterprises Inc., Le Reseau des Sports (RDS) Inc., Groupe TVA Inc. and FUBOTV Inc.
- A copy of the Order of the Federal Court and the amendments can be downloaded here.
You may bring a motion in the Federal Court to seek a variation of this Order, if you are:
- the operator of any of the servers that have been blocked;
- an Internet service customer affected by the Order; or
- anyone else who believes to be affected by the Order.
You’ll need to serve and file a motion record within 30 days of first being affected.
If you believe that the Order is blocking your attempt to access non-infringing content, you may contact the Applicants’ agent Friend MTS at this e-mail address: ca_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 content.protection@rci.rogers.com.