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Canadian Groups Call For Massive Net Regulation

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the driving-websites-offshore dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Michael Geist is reporting that Canadian cultural groups including ACTRA and SOCAN have called on Canada's telecom regulator to implement a massive new Internet regulation framework. This includes a new three-percent tax on ISPs to pay for new media creation, Canadian content requirements for commercial websites, and licensing requirements for new media broadcasters, including for user-generated content."

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  1. Re:Nothing Good by Tubal-Cain · · Score: 0, Troll

    Secondly, given the current political situation in Canada...

    Which is...?

  2. Tag ^5. by Uchiha · · Score: 0, Troll

    HUGE bonus points for the fuckactra tag.

  3. Re:No Seriously by CryptoJones · · Score: 0, Troll

    Blame Canada

    Why not. It's been proven socialism doesn't work, yet they continually try to implement policies just like this. It's like prescribing leeches to an Anemic.

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