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Canadian Regulator Says No To New Internet Regs

Posted by timothy on from the leaving-well-enough-alone dept.

An anonymous reader writes "After months of fears that the Canadian broadcast regulator would try to regulate the Internet, the CRTC has come to its senses. Its new media decision today takes a hands off approach — no new regulation — and even adopts a rule against undue preferences for wireless providers."

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  1. Re:ya know what i'm talk aboot eh? by twidarkling · · Score: 4, Informative

    Nearest Donut place. You're obviously not Canadian. It's "doughnut." Also, it's "Tim Horton's" and fuck the rest of the places. And I will defend curling as a wonderful pass-time. Not quite sure if it actually qualifies as a sport...

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  2. Re:ya know what i'm talk aboot eh? by Xentalion · · Score: 2, Informative

    You forgot studying to become America's heroes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiefer_Sutherland http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shatner

  3. Re:ya know what i'm talk aboot eh? by Krokus · · Score: 2, Informative

    And I will defend curling as a wonderful pass-time.

    This is the second time I've seen someone use the non-word "passtime", so I'm going Spelling Nazi on your ass. "Passtime" or "pass-time" is not a word. The word you're looking for is "pastime."

    Before you mod me off-topic, please note I am just as off-topic as the parent and just as informative. :D

  4. Re:ya know what i'm talk aboot eh? by WillAffleckUW · · Score: 2, Informative

    So you don't like the women's teams then ...

    By the way, people in BC and Alberta don't say aboot.

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  5. Re:To bad... by schon · · Score: 2, Informative

    Those WIPO treaties were being pushed by the American media companies to normalize with the more stringent copyright laws that were passed in the EU.

    What colour is the sky in your world?

    Name ONE country besides the US that had DMCA-like copyright provisions before 1999. Just *ONE*.