Quebec court decision on grey, black TV market appealed
The federal government has launched an appeal of the October 28 decision on signal theft in which a Quebec court declared that certain provisions of the Radiocommunication Act are contrary to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms (CCR, Nov. 8/04). "The federal government appeal will clarify this issue for the benefit of all stakeholders, including producers, actors, authors, broadcast service providers, as well as Canadian consumers," said Luc Perreault, co-chair of the Coalition Against Satellite Signal Theft (CASST).

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