US EditionGoogle urges CRTC to use restraint with Online Streaming Act
- Google's representatives are urging the CRTC to exercise caution in regulating online platforms during discussions about the Online Streaming Act.
- Arun Krishnamurti stated that most content on social media is already exempt from regulation under the Act.
- Google expressed concerns that the proposal could disrupt the market and raise privacy issues.
- Krishnamurti highlighted that undue preference rules were designed for traditional media players that own telecom and broadcasting divisions.
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The U.S. company is opposed to providing the institution with data on programming revenues and expenditures.
On Wednesday, Google asked the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to exercise caution and restraint in regulating online platforms.
Google Urges CRTC to Use Restraint With Online Streaming Act
Google asked the federal broadcast regulator Wednesday to exercise caution and restraint in regulating online platforms. Representatives from Google, which owns YouTube, appeared before a CRTC hearing on market dynamics. It’s one of a series of hearings being held as part of the regulator’s work to implement the Online Streaming Act, which updated broadcasting laws to capture online platforms. Arun Krishnamurti, senior counsel at Google Canada, …
Winnipeg Free Press
Google urges CRTC to use restraint with Online Streaming Act
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“Regulating Spotify like radio is like regulating Uber like a horse and buggy” streaming giant tells Canadian regulators
Spotify has told Canada’s broadcasting regulator the CRTC that if it seeks to regulate music streaming services in the same way it regulates radio, instead of protecting Canadian music it will “threaten the very mechanisms” that have powered a decade of growth in the country’s record industry. Rules that govern traditional radio make no sense in streaming, it insists, adding that “regulating Spotify like a radio station is like regulating Uber l…
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