I want to add a bit of context from the government’s article:
> Online streaming services that operate in Canada, offer broadcasting content, and earn $10 million or more in annual revenues will need to complete a registration form by November 28, 2023.
On one hand they require distribution services to register, read Apple or Spotify. On another they require them "to make content available in a way that is not tied to a specific mobile or Internet service." Would be nice to know what they were smoking, because that's how you kill all podcast distribution in Canada.
And all it took to produce this piece of legislation were mere 4 months of "public consultations".
I haven't seen an even remotely popular decision come from the CRTC in decades. I think maybe the last thing they did that anyone actually thought was worth while was unbundling cable packages... well into the decline of cable television.
Everything else, makes them obvious enemies of basically all Canadians. Selling out to massive telecoms and setting up meaningless laws to make content production and distribution harder in Canada.
I can honestly say I have no respect for anyone working under the purview of the CRTC.
No, Canada has had laws promoting Canadian Content (CanCon) for many years now. What’s new is that they’re now extending these protections to online media.
if one believes that this agency/law/act will not lower the "$10M" in the future I have some lake front property in FL to sell you.... Agencies are ALWAYS about expanding/taking more/pushing limits
They could lower it to 100k and it probably won't affect most podcasts. Any point below that isn't really worth the extra bureaucratic hurdle anyway as the author will file taxes anyway.
As the “services that offer podcasts” can bit a bit of a racket, it’s possible that putting your podcast on your own website classifies your website as an “online service” and therefore that controls independent creators
> Online streaming services that operate in Canada, offer broadcasting content, and earn $10 million or more in annual revenues will need to complete a registration form by November 28, 2023.