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Canadian Regulator Threatens To Impose New Netflix Regulation

Posted by Soulskill on from the play-ball-or-go-away dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Netflix appeared before the Canadian broadcast regulator today, resulting in a remarkably heated exchange, with threats of new regulation. The discussion was very hostile — the CRTC repeatedly ordered Netflix to provide subscriber information and other confidential data. As tempers frayed, the Canadian regulator expressed disappointment over the responses from a company that it said "takes hundreds of millions of dollars out of Canada." The CRTC implicitly threatened to regulate the company by taking away its ability to rely on the new media exception if it did not cooperate with its orders.

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  1. why does the CRTC need this list? by ganjadude · · Score: 5, Insightful

    why does anyone other than netflix need to know who their customers are?

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    1. Re:why does the CRTC need this list? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      The CRTC is in the pockets of companies that don't like netflix, aka cable companies.

    2. Re:why does the CRTC need this list? by kristianbrigman · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Except.... cable companies program what they are going to play. Netflix plays what their subscribers want to see. What are they supposed to do, put up a notice saying 'You can't watch the next episode of "Under the Dome" until you first watch your quota of 3 of these other Canadian shows?' The rules don't even make sense for the Netflix model.