[d@DCC] Re: Canadian content crucial, CHUM tells CRTC

From: Russell McOrmond <russell _-at-_ flora.ca>
To: Simon Tuck <stuck (at) GlobeAndMail.ca>
Cc: General Copyright Discussions <discuss -_at_- list.digital-copyright.ca>
Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2004 18:55:31 -0500 (EST)

This letter openly licensed under
  http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ca/

Re:
http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20041104.gtrticker04-8/BNStory/Technology/


  The CRTC is heading into very dangerous waters by trying to mandate
Canadian content in new media using techniques from spectrum-limited
broadcast media.  In doing so they will be granting greater control to the
very media monopolies that are the greatest threat to Canadian culture.

  Canadian culture would be far better served by the opposite approach for
media with limitless spectrum, such as enforcing competition rules and not
requiring licensing, rather than limiting licenses to government created
monopolies.

  We should also not limit ourselves to considering government regulation
of communications, as private sector regulation will soon be far more
critical.

  Take for example my letter to the editor of the Ottawa Citizen, where a
different 4-letter-acronym starting with C wants to regulate XM radio..

  CRIA wants to *OWN* your XM radio!
  http://www.digital-copyright.ca/discuss/3979

See also:
  Why creators should oppose DRM
  http://www.flora.ca/cnm20040908.shtml


  I am the host of digital-copyright.ca , an online forum of citizens
trying to tackle issues relating to digital media, PCT (Patents,
Copyright, Trademark), and related issues.  We started out in the summer
of 2001 under the name "Canada DMCA opponents", trying to stop these
dangerous US laws from being imported into Canada.

  I am available to talk/write with you about the regulatory nature of
software at your convenience.  This may make for an interesting follow-up
story to your digital radio story.

http://www.flora.ca/russell/drafts/life-of-hacker.html#code=law

-- 
 Russell McOrmond, Internet Consultant: <http://www.flora.ca/> 
 Code is Law: how software code regulates the activities of citizens,
 and acts similar to law.  How do we ensure transparency/accountability?  
 http://www.flora.ca/russell/drafts/life-of-hacker.html#code=law
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