About 70% of jobs in USA/Canada are regulated. I think we are well past the useful regulations.
But that's not the main issue. The problem is regulating content.
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#42Maybe I misunderstand, but this is a requirement for platforms to register (Apple, Google, Spotify, Twitter, etc). The fear is of indirect censorship. As was the case with law enforcement/intelligence informally requesting take downs in the US, Canada will be making this process formal.
My fear isn't indirect censorship, it is that companies will rather pull out of the Canadian market than pay to have content developed, acquired or managed to meet the CanCon rules. Canada's current spat with Google over news is a recent example.
Totally okay with that. I would rather follow independent Canadian media that doesn't qualify as CanCon anyways. Canadian media regulation only benefit existing large media institutions.
> Canada's current spat with Google over news is a recent example.
That was particularly hilarious.
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#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
For an outsider it's baffling to see 50% of the US slowly getting brainwashed to the point where they reject all facts out of spite, and think it is important to be contrarian on literally every social issue.
Also from an outsider, you're talking about the Democrats -- right?
Whatever you think about CNN or MSNBC, FoxNews is pretty over the top, it’s basically a tabloid at this point with many tabloid stories.
I disagree with the premise however: it’s not that American media has so much influence on American consumers, rather American media is producing the product that their consumers want. The influence is basically reversed.
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#44CRTC, like most Canadian regulators, do not have the resources to enforce their rules. This will be yet another useless unenforceable burden.
If they don't have the resources that just means they'll enforce the law unevenly, to persecute.
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#45About 70% of jobs in USA/Canada are regulated. I think we are well past the useful regulations.
But that's not the main issue. The problem is regulating content.
Rules like this have existed in Canada for 40+ years, and regulating content is quite popular up in Canada. See Quebec and it's French-first laws.
You might see it as a problem, but the majority of Canadians are fine with it.
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#46Earlier quoted context omitted.
Suddenly, Google's deprecation of their podcast software makes a little more sense. Not much, but a little. That said, online streaming services are an odd one to target. I would expect the bigger fish to be website hosts, stores, etc. Or is that already regulated similarly?
The key thing to remember is that, pre-multimedia/pre-Internet, Canada had effective government control over broadcast media. Actually, every country did, because broadcast frequencies being finite was an effective counterargument against the 1st Amendment. Canada in particular used their de-facto censorship power to enforce "Canadian Content" regulations - as in, your radio station must push a certain percentage of…
It sounds like the main way to meet content requirements is simply to remove non-Canadian content. Is there really much room for niche K-dramas on Netflix when you can’t find enough Canadian content to justify keeping it as a streaming option? Do you run an anime streaming service? Well, you’ll need to find a bunch of Canadian anime to remain compliant, otherwise your service is unviable.
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#48Because the “free for all” market that gave rise to Alex Jones and FOX news, etc. really improved American society…
The fact that Alex Jones and Fox could exist without permission or friction improves American society.
Alex Jones and Fox could exist without permission or friction
They have both been sued for billions of dollars and lost in court for sustained campaigns of damaging lies.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/10/us/politics/alex-jones-sa...
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#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
Suddenly, Google's deprecation of their podcast software makes a little more sense. Not much, but a little. That said, online streaming services are an odd one to target. I would expect the bigger fish to be website hosts, stores, etc. Or is that already regulated similarly?
The key thing to remember is that, pre-multimedia/pre-Internet, Canada had effective government control over broadcast media. Actually, every country did, because broadcast frequencies being finite was an effective counterargument against the 1st Amendment. Canada in particular used their de-facto censorship power to enforce "Canadian Content" regulations - as in, your radio station must push a certain percentage of…
> Which, BTW, is not content made by Canadians. If you're a Canadian creative you have to jump through a lot of hoops in order to be officially recognized as "Canadian Content".
This is the backstory of Bob and Doug McKenzie, a pair of characters developed for the sketch comedy show SCTV:
> Bob and Doug, two dim-witted beer-swilling brothers wearing heavy winter clothing and tuques, would comment on various elements of Canadian life and culture, frequently employing the interjection "Eh?" and derisively calling each other "hoser."
> The sketch was conceived when SCTV moved to the CBC television network. Due to the difference in the amount of time allocated for commercials, each episode to be broadcast on that network was two minutes longer than those syndicated to the United States. The CBC network heads asked the show's producers to add specifically identifiably Canadian content for those two minutes, in line with government broadcast regulations. Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas thought that this was a ridiculous request, given that the show had been taped in Canada, with a mostly Canadian cast and crew, for two years.[2] The request inspired them to create a parody that would incorporate every aspect of the humorous stereotype of Canadians.