SCC denies Voltage appeal in costs case
Media | 08/10/2018 12:54 pm EDT
The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) will not hear an appeal from an American movie studio challenging a Canadian court’s decision forcing it to pay court costs upfront for a defendant it is looking to sue for copyright infringement.
Early last year, a federal court judge ordered Voltage Pictures LLC to put up $75,000 in a court account to cover the costs of defendant and Rogers Communications Inc. subscriber Robert Salna, who was accused by the studio of illegally downloading its content.
The Federal Court of Appeal then denied Voltage’s appeal, and on Thursday, the country’s
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