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Re: Canada to regulate podcasts

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Post by didibus »

voisin wrote: post #67
mrpotato wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> it's just that you need a specified amount of air time from French Canadian and indigenous presenters. It's only specific to Canadian and Indigenous content. The content does not have to be French.

In a streaming on demand, user driven world, how do you define “air time”? I can’t see how you could force consumers to consume a certain amount of CanCon, and simply ensuring CanCon %| of content available doesn’t make sense either since a small amount of content could be consumed up to 100% of total platform consumption, and a large amount of content could be consumed as little as 0% of the total platform consumpti…

I'm not sure if they're going after a single podcast show, or after podcast apps. If the latter, it's probably just making available Canadian made podcasts to some amount of Canadian made podcast and promoting them in recommendations and listings. If the former, it's a bit more strange, maybe inviting guests that are Canadians on the show, for some amount of episodes?

Re: Canada to regulate podcasts

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Post by didibus »

noughtme wrote: post #6

Maybe 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.

Can you explain what is indirect censorship?

I personally don't know why people fear anything here. All you have to do to comply is add some Canadian content to your platform and recommend it and promote it in listings. You don't need to take down any other content or omit certain topic/subject matter.

The only question is, does it work? Does it really help promote Canadian made content and Canadian thoughts and ideas? Or does it do a poor job and just end up hamstringing our media companies internationally and financially.

Re: Canada to regulate podcasts

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Post by didibus »

tamimio wrote: post #59

On one hand, it is wrong to limit people’s opinions to be discussed and talked about, and I am sure there are a lot of issues when it comes to Canadian politics, economics, etc. On the other hand, since probably around 2014, we have a lot of grifters surfaced online who are only interested in monetizing their content with no integrity or accountability, across the whole political spectrum. So I don’t know how to feel…

The CRTC policies and regulations aim to promote access, representation and availability of media content by and for minority language communities. But it does not directly control or pre-approve the messages or creative content itself. The creators maintain editorial control of their programming.

Re: Canada to regulate podcasts

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Post by seanw444 »

cpncrunch wrote: post #78
seanw444 wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Did you think about that sentence before you wrote it?

Yes. Did you think about yours? Perhaps you could expand on your thoughts, and we can discuss who thought more before posting. See also my other comment in this thread.

Okay, perhaps you're going to go the literal route with this. No, this is not instantaneous censorship. I'll say it this way: they are creating the tools with which they will inevitably enforce censorship on those with enough reach that they dislike.

Re: Canada to regulate podcasts

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Post by cpncrunch »

seanw444 wrote: post #84
cpncrunch wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes. Did you think about yours? Perhaps you could expand on your thoughts, and we can discuss who thought more before posting. See also my other comment in this thread.

Okay, perhaps you're going to go the literal route with this. No, this is not instantaneous censorship. I'll say it this way: they are creating the tools with which they will inevitably enforce censorship on those with enough reach that they dislike.

The original comment in the article I was responding to is "one of the world’s most repressive online censorship schemes", which is clearly untrue.

Re: Canada to regulate podcasts

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Post by LegitShady »

noughtme wrote: post #42
roughsquare wrote: post #37

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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.

The problem is that if a Canadian wishes to make a podcast the biggest platforms may be closed to them because of onerous regulation they've opted out of.

That's bad.

Re: Canada to regulate podcasts

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Post by tonfreed »

LegitShady wrote: post #87
noughtme wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

The problem is that if a Canadian wishes to make a podcast the biggest platforms may be closed to them because of onerous regulation they've opted out of. That's bad.

You never know, you might see a local platform popup that specialises in Canadian content.

Re: Canada to regulate podcasts

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Post by noughtme »

LegitShady wrote: post #87
noughtme wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

The problem is that if a Canadian wishes to make a podcast the biggest platforms may be closed to them because of onerous regulation they've opted out of. That's bad.

That’s not how it works. Applying for CanCon status confers certain tax and subsidy incentives. You can forgo the onerous application process and operate as a normal business.
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