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Super Channel operator Allarco claimed that major retailers including Staples and Best Buy are selling and encouraging the use of piracy devices that undermine its business. However, the company s application for an injunction banning sales has now been denied, with the judge slamming Allarco s application and investigative actions from every conceivable angle.
In September 2019, Super Channel owner Allarco Entertainment filed a lawsuit in Canada’s Federal Court targeting Staples Canada, Best Buy Canada, London Drugs, Canada Computers, several related companies and up to 50,000 ‘John Doe’ customers.
Allarco accused the retailers and their staff of promoting and instructing in the use of ‘pirate devices’, set-top boxes that could enable customers to access infringing content. The complaint was supported by 100 hours of undercover recordings which, according to Allarco, showed prospective customers being instructed how to use software such as Kodi for piracy purposes