How did ISPs respond to CRIA?
The five targeted ISPs reacted in different ways. Shaw strongly resisted CRIA’s requests right from the beginning, citing its commitment to subscriber privacy and technical difficulties associating dynamic IP addresses with subscribers at a given point in time. CIPPIC has publicly commended Shaw on its subscriber-friendly approach in the context of a controversial legal, and broader social, issue. Although not as strongly as Shaw, TELUS also argued against CRIA’s request. Bell and Rogers exhibited less commitment to subscriber privacy, focusing their objections on the cost to them of complying with CRIA’s requests. However, all three of these ISPs did make efforts to notify their affected subscribers of the CRIA requests, so that the subscribers could obtain legal advice and possible representation before the court hearings. Videotron didn’t even bother to appear at the court hearing on Feb.16th. It has stated its support for the CRIA lawsuits, expressing “delight” that they are procee
