(via Alec Courous) A columnist for The Toronto Star says that the Canadian government is looking hard at ways to regulate content on the Internet.
The Minister of Industry, together with Liza Frulla, his Canadian Heritage counterpart, are also reportedly about to finalize new rules that may reshape the availability of Internet content to educational institutions. Acting on the recommendation of a parliamentary committee that was chaired by Toronto MP Sarmite Bulte, the government may soon unveil a new “extended license” that would require schools to pay millions of dollars for content that is currently freely available on the Internet.
I’m not sure how many people are paying attention to this and other attempts at regulation, and I’m probably way behind the curve, but we’d all better get on this train really fast. This is only the beginning…
Here’s a Justin Fisher RSS news feed (thanks for showing us that neat trick) for “(‘Federal Election Commission’ or regulation) + blog”.
Trey Jackson blogged video of CNN’s report by Howard Kurtz. Pull quotes (and trackbacks) include Ed Morrisey, an influential center-right poliblogger on the B+ list (he was credentialed to the RNC).
Redstate has the transcript of the interview with FEC Commissioner Bradley that indicated blog posts could be considered in-kind campaign contributions. If that’s the case, could teachers run afoul of the McCain Feingold law by having their students write about current events?
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