Little action seen on new media exemption order as expiration date nears
Broadcast | April 16, 2004
The 1999 new media exemption order that has for five years foreborne the Internet from regulation by the CRTC is set to expire, but it looks increasingly unlikely that the commission will act to re-open the issue. The order, which classifies much of the content on the Internet as a form of broadcasting but places no regulation on it, was first handed down in May 1999, and confirmed in December 1999. Though it’s set to expire this year, nobody contacted by Canadian NEW MEDIA has heard of any initiative by the CRTC to begin a public process to evaluate its success thus far, and most do not expect anything other than a rubber-stamp extension.
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