If you run a website that helps people stream pirated movies and TV shows — even if you’re not providing the pirated video yourself — are you breaking the law?
That’s the question at the heart of a legal battle that saw three of Canada’s biggest telecom companies search a Montreal software developer’s home for more than 16 hours in June, an experience he says left him “in total shock.”
“I thought I was going to jail that night,” said Adam Lackman in an interview with the National Post.
Lackman is the founder of TV Addons, a popular site for apps that allow users to access online content, like TV shows, and display it on any electronic device. It had 40 million unique users every month before it was shut down.
Lackman claims his website is essentially a search engine, and he has no control over the content people are accessing with these apps.
Maura Forrest – National Post – August 3, 2017.
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