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Leave my internet alone.
Professor Michael Geist notes that the Quebec recording industry, among others, wants Canadian content prioritized on the internet:
Second, it would like the CRTC to require ISPs to prioritize Canadian content, noting that if ISPs prioritize content for commercial purposes (ie. non-net neutrality) then they can be required to do something similar to advance Canadian culture. ADISQ is not alone on this one - a growing number of cultural groups want the CRTC to re-examine the new media exception and to consider rules that bring cancon-like requirements to the Internet.
Living in Canada, I am forced to listen to a certain percentage of Canadian music on the radio, which means that certain Canadian songs are played over and over to meet that quota.
Any television show that is simulcast on a Canadian network is automatically switched to on the cable network, meaning that I am forced to watch Canadian commercials - even during the SuperBowl.
I can only buy satellite service from a Canadian company. It is illegal to subscribe to DirecTV.
All television stations in Canada must be approved by the CRTC. The seemingly infinite selection of digital cable channels end up showing a lot of 20 year old Canadian television series. I pay for a movie channel that broadcasts a huge percentage of bad Canadian movies.
I am forced on my cable system to pay for channels like APTV - the Aboriginal People's Television Network. Fortunately, they actually occasionally have good movies which have little to do with aboriginal people.
My tax dollars also subsidize all of this largesse, including an entire network called the CBC. Though the odd good show like Corner Gas does occasionally appear.
If content is good it will survive. If not, then it shouldn't be rammed down people's throats.
So as a beaten down and ignored consumer I beg you, leave my internet alone.
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