Its good to be concerned about this stuff, thanks for posting about
it. Luckily I dont think its quite as bad as it sounds. Ive read the
following very boring document to get some detail on what they might
be looking at exactly:
http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Hearings/2007/n2007-5.htm
You are
I created a Facebook group called Canadians for New Media Freedom here:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2319008732
In all honesty, I don't care about trying to highlight Canadian
voices... I believe you'll find your audience if people like you, so
why force Canadian content on Canadians?
Oh I do agree that it could be a foot in the door. Its just really
unclear how far that sort of censorship will go on the internet in the
future, by any country.
Do you know specifically what current regulation would prevent
sexually suggestive or ass-rape jokes from being done by you if they
That's absolutely my concern, too. And even if your content isn't
censored as such, I'd be worried that you'd be subject to
bureaucratic bullshit - having to get your content Rated, forcing
users to confirm they're over a certain age, confirming the %age of
your production team and
From my limited knowledge as an outsider, Candas style of legislation
looks to me like a cross between the wider EU way of doing things,
some stuff that seems quite a bit stronger, similar to France and
their sense of strong promotion of one national culture by government.
with the close
Oops sorry I didnt mean to typo Canada.
Found an article from some years back when there was some focus on
much the same issue:
http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/The-CRTC---the-Internet--Forbidden-Domain/176409
Im not sure Id agree with its use of that strange child pron case
judgement as
