Could whoever has the most Karma please post this issue
(along with Paul's excellent reply, perhaps) to
slashdot? I would think the extra publicity can only
help, and there's a lot of Canadians there...
-steve
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Paul Shields
> Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 6:37 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [crypto-canada] CRTC to impose national firewall?
>
>
>
> 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.
> >
> >
> <http://cbc.ca/cgi-bin/templates/view.cgi?/news/2001/04/26/Consume
rs/crtcinternet_jc_010426>
