Super Channel says Best Buy, Staples helping content theft

The CBC reports Sunday that the Canadian movie and drama series carrier Super Channel has filed a lawsuit against four Canadian retailers for allegedly selling android box “pirate devices” and educating customers on how to use them to watch TV without paying for it.  In a court document filed in Federal Court this week, Super Channel accuses Best Buy, Staples, Canada Computers and London Drugs of copyright infringement, claiming their employees are “urging” customers to pirate online content using streaming devices that are sold in store. The four retailers “are advertently contributing to the creation of a culture of widespread infringement and theft,” Super Channel alleges in the document. “Their actions are high-handed and unfair to their customers and causing damage to the plaintiff.” Also listed as defendants in the lawsuit are customers who bought the “pirate devices” and received accompanying advice in store. They’re currently listed as “John Doe customers” because Super Channel doesn’t have their names, although it plans to pursue this information. Super Channel is owned by Edmonton-based Allarco Entertainment. CBC