CBC, Big Telecom Join Forces To Push For Website Blocking In Piracy Fight

Canada's media industry is lining up behind an effort to institute mandatory blocking of websites accused of piracy.More than two dozen of Canada's largest media organizations, including the CBC and most of the country's major telecoms, have joined a coalition that on Monday asked the CRTC, Canada's telecom regulator, to start blocking websites believed to be engaged in piracy.Besides the CBC, the FairPlay Canada coalition includes Bell, Rogers Media, Corus Entertainment and Cogeco. It also incl