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With Google & Meta blocking Canadian news, what next? (www.ctvnews.ca)
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Some reflections on the Australian experience and what they might mean for Canada.

After Google’s move on Thursday, Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez sent a written statement calling the companies’ moves “deeply irresponsible and out of touch … especially when they make billions of dollars off of Canadian users” with advertising.

Australia’s regulatory experiment – the first of its kind in the world – also got off to a rocky start, but it has since seen tech companies, news publishers and the government reach a middle ground.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (7 children)

I am curious about what is that middle ground?

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 year ago (6 children)

It’s called negotiation. What Canada is doing is not that. They are demanding unbounded amounts of money.

In Australia they ended up negotiating a price that worked for both sides. No doubt a predictable among each year too.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (4 children)

The proposed regulations haven’t even been published for consultation yet.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

The bill received royal assent last week, but I guess it leaves it open for specific implementations. Google and Meta oppose the whole thing. https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/news/2023/06/online-news-act-receives-royal-assent.html

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