Senators passed an amendment to the Liberals\u0027 controversial online streaming bill with the goal of protecting Canadian digital creators.
Sen. Paula Simons said the amendment was “surgical” in order to ensure Bill C-11 “actually does what the government has told us that it wants to do.”Sign up to receive the daily top stories from the National Post, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails. Postmedia Network Inc.
But critics have said the way the bill is written would allow the CRTC to regulate a much wider range of online content, and that if the aim of the government is to target, as it has repeatedly said, professional music on YouTube, then the language of the bill should reflect that.Senators add more privacy protection to controversial online streaming bill
Instead, it would require the CRTC to consider whether “the program has been uploaded to an online undertaking that provides a social media service by the owner or the exclusive licensee of the copyright in the sound recording, or an agent of the owner.”Article content
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