FYI . . . I suspect folks over the border have heard this already, but
it's news down here . . .
Marcy
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Marcy Bauman
Writing Program, University of Michigan-Dearborn
4901 Evergreen Rd, Dearborn, MI 48128
fax: 313-593-5552
http://www.umd.umich.edu/~marcyb
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CANADA WON'T REGULATE NET
The Canadian government has decided against regulating the
Internet, according to the Canadian Radio-television and
Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). The CRTC is in charge of
the Broadcast Act, which requires that up to 60 percent of all
music and television broadcast in the country must be
Canadian-created. The Commission had previously discussed
applying the quotas to the Internet, but CRTC vice-chair David
Colville said yesterday that the commission will never play any
type of role in the development of the Internet in Canada. The
announcement was greeted enthusiastically by Canada's Internet
industry, although some were critical of the amount of time (10
months) it took the commission to make its decision. The
commission cited the large amount of textual material on the
Internet as a factor in its decision. Text is not covered by the
Broadcasting Act. (Wired News 05/17/99)
