Netflix Rejects Canadian Regulator Jurisdiction Over Online Video

Posted by timothy on Tuesday September 23, 2014 @03:41AM from the on-what-authority dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Last week's very public fight between the CRTC and Netflix escalated on Monday as Netflix refused to comply with Commission's order to supply certain confidential information including subscriber numbers and expenditures on Canadian children's content. While the disclosure concerns revolve around the confidentiality of the data, the far bigger issue is now whether the CRTC has the legal authority to order it to do anything at all. Michael Geist reports that Netflix and Google are ready to challenge it in a case that could head to the Supreme Court of Canada.

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Re:good by Anonymous Coward · 2014-09-23 05:02 · Score: 5, Insightful

Except as everyone is noting here, they are NOT broadcasting. They are an on-demand service. Percentage of Canadian content can't apply when your customers pick and choose what they want to see. The CRTC has no jurisdiction here - Netflix isn't radio, television, and it's barely 'telecommunication'. Interesting too that it's being squeezed by the government right after the major carriers announced their own on-demand service... protectionism? Definately.