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Yet Another Call for An ISP Levy

Marian Hebb writes an op-ed in the Georgia Straight calling for a collective rights model for written materials found online, arguing that it "would likely mean a small subscription increase, payable by users to their Internet service provider, to cover most copyright material they can download freely from the Internet." 

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July 22, 2009 15 comments News

The CRTC New Media Hearing – What Comes Next?

With the conclusion of the CRTC New Media hearing last week, the Commission will now digest the many hours of testimony and thousands of pages of documents with the goal of reaching a decision on the future of new media exception/regulation later this year (day 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10).  While no one knows what the CRTC will do, this posting contains my best guess. 

The hearings highlighted that there are several new media broadcasting platforms and that the potential solutions differ for each.  I think three in particular will garner attention – fixed Internet, wireless/mobile Internet, and Internet radio.

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March 18, 2009 10 comments News

CRTC New Media Regulation Proposals Take Shape

Appeared in the Toronto Star on December 15, 2008 as CRTC Internet Regulation Proposals Take Shape The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission new media hearings are not scheduled to begin until mid-February, yet they have already attracted more than their fair share of controversy.  With talk of imposing a tax […]

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December 15, 2008 Comments are Disabled Columns Archive

CRTC New Media Hearing: The Three Battleground Issues [Updated]

Friday was the deadline for written submissions to the CRTC's New Media hearing and the Commission has already posted filings from nearly 100 individuals and organizations [now nearly 150 submissions].  While there are some noteworthy side copyright issues (the CMPDA – the Canadian arm of the MPAA – is concerned that dropping the new media exception would bring back iCraveTV and the legality of Internet retransmission, while CRIA implausibly argues without any evidence that "one of the factors that has significantly restricted legitimate Canadian broadcasting content being delivered and accessed over the Internet is the proliferation of unauthorized file swapping and downloading"), the real fight in the February hearings will come down to three issues:

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December 8, 2008 42 comments News

The SAC “Distraction”

The Songwriters Association of Canada proposal to fully legalize peer-to-peer file sharing by adding a $5 levy to the monthly Internet bill has generated considerable discussion over the past week.  Much of that discussion has been negative with many Canadians arguing that they don't download music and should not be […]

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February 25, 2008 20 comments News