The CRTC was founded on the notion that the air waves are a limited resource, and that
the
regulation of Canadian content assures that Canadians will be able to view and listen
to
Canadian content over this limited resource.
Can someone from the CRTC please explain to me:
1. how does streaming media over internet cause clutter to a limited resource?
2. how does the existence of foreign content on foreign channels hinder my receipt
of
Canadian content on Canadian channels?
3. how does a telephone switch or internet router determine what to filter? can
this be done
feasibly for streaming content across hundreds or potentially thousands of entry
points?
4. how does a national firewall avoid conflict with fundamental human rights and
freedoms
when we consider that indivuals have the liberty to use cryptography to mask their
transmissions
across the firewall?
--
Paul Shields
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Robert Guerra wrote:
> I just caught this off one of the canadian usenet groups...does
> anyone know more? Either way let's mobilize so this does not take
> place!
>
> regards
>
> robert
>
> Newsgroups: can.internet.highspeed,can.politics
> Subject: CRTC to impose national firewall?
> From: (csbh<REMOVE>@(TH+ESE)datahit.com) (Coridon Henshaw)
> Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 18:16:19 GMT
> NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 14:16:19 EDT
>
> CBC is running a bit of line noise about the 'inevitability' of the CRTC
> imposing a national firewall to block foriegn streaming media channels from
> competing with domestic television and radio. When the CRTC follows
> through, Canada will be the second country after China to filter out
> 'corrupting' Internet traffic at the national level.
>
>
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