OTTAWA – The CRTC has granted stakeholders more time to comment on the idea of an Independent Piracy Review Agency (IPRA) that would help to identify websites blatantly engaged in content theft, as proposed by FairPlay Canada.

In a letter addressed to Asian Television Network president and CEO Dr. Shan Chandrasekar, on behalf of the FairPlay Coalition, and to Tamir Israel from the Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC), the Commission agreed to the request made by CIPPIC and OpenMedia to amend the timelines associated with the application noting “the breadth and the importance of the issues raised.”

Comments and/or interventions on FairPlay Canada’s application may now be submitted to the CRTC no later than March 29 and reply comments may be filed up to April 23, 2018.

The Commission added that it will determine at a later time whether further process is warranted, and if so, in what form.