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BCE Inc (2)
Symbol BCE
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Close 2016-06-13 C$ 58.53
Market Cap C$ 50,857,470,749
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Globe says BCE, others see app makers appeal ruling

2016-06-14 09:07 ET - In the News

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The Globe and Mail reports in its Tuesday edition that two sellers of digital set-top boxes that include preloaded apps that give users cheap or free access to copyright-protected TV shows and movies are planning to appeal a temporary order blocking the sale of the boxes. The Globe's Christine Dobby writes that Montreal lawyer Constantin Kyritsis represents two of the five defendants in a case launched by BCE, Videotron and Rogers Communications. He said on Monday his clients have filed an appeal of an interim injunction that a judge of the Federal Court granted on June 1. Many mainstream retailers sell digital set-top boxes that can be connected to television sets to stream on-line content. Now some independent businesses have begun selling adapted boxes on which they have preinstalled and configured a handful of apps that let users watch copyrighted content. Mr. Kyritsis -- who represents MtlFreeTV.com and WatchNSaveNow -- said he does not believe the set-top-box vendors are responsible for any illegal copying. "They're like the stores selling iPads, Apple TVs or computers, which can then be used for many kinds of uses, some of them potentially illegal, but many of them legal," he said in an e-mail Monday.

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