- Parties: The plaintiffs were Vidéotron Ltée, Groupe TVA Inc, and TVA Productions II Inc. The defendants were Technologies Konek Inc, Coopérative de Câblodistribution Hill Valley, Libéo Inc, Louis Michaud, Joé Bussière, and Jean-François Rousseau.

- Subject Matter: The plaintiffs brought proceedings against the defendants for copyright infringement. They accused the defendants of retransmitting television programs without their consent in hotel rooms. A trial occurred in February 2023. On May 26, 2023, the Federal Court judge partly allowed the action and ordered the defendants to pay the plaintiffs $553,000 in statutory damages under s. 38.1 of the Copyright Act, 1985. The plaintiffs moved to increase the amount awarded to $598,500. They filed evidence dealing with the number of programs allegedly illegally broadcast only up to Jan. 31, 2023. They stated that this calculation would be [translation] “subject to amplification at the date of judgment”.

- Ruling: The court ruled in the defendants’ favour and dismissed the plaintiffs’ motion for reconsideration of judgment. The court held that this case did not meet the conditions for bringing a motion under r. 397(1)(b) of the Federal Courts Rules, SOR/98-106. The court explained that, if there was an omission, the plaintiffs should accept responsibility for that.

- Date: The hearing was set on Feb. 27, 2023. The court released its decision on Aug. 29, 2023.

- Venue: This was a federal case before the Federal Court.

- Amount: The court awarded the plaintiffs $200,000 in costs.