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Defence costs at issue in Voltage reverse class action case

Media | 01/31/2017 11:06 pm EST

OTTAWA — Lawyers representing a defendant in a reverse class action case over a copyright infringement claim are asking a federal court judge to give their client an opportunity to recover costs from the plaintiff if he's successful in his defence.  The video-conference hearing Tuesday was part of an ongoing copyright infringement case brought by United States-based Voltage Pictures LLC, a movie studio that claims customers of Rogers Communications Inc. have been illegally downloading its products. Robert Salna, who was named as a defendant...