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FairPlay hits back, claims piracy cost TV providers as much as $761M

News | 05/15/2018 3:00 pm EDT

The FairPlay coalition has responded to the laundry list of criticism directed toward its proposal to implement a website-blocking regime to fight piracy, arguing, among other points, that the thousands of comments from individuals against the proposal aren’t representative of Canadians’ views.

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