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Re:Show HN: My weekend project, tracking the services you ca... by recurrie on Sunday April 03, 2011 @10:04PM (#2404977)
CRTC Canadian content regulations don't apply to the internet.
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Re:Show HN: My weekend project, tracking the services you ca... by nolanw on Monday April 04, 2011 @02:09AM (#2405596)
Good call, I had no idea.

Looking into it, apparently the CRTC believes that internet audio and video broadcasting services are under its jurisdiction, but it has exempted all such services from regulation. The notice is at http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1999/PB99-197.htm.

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