said by backness:I had the chance in a class i'm taking to write a paper on this and it was actually sent to the commisioners at the CRTC.
The conclusion that we came to was basically the only answer to all the Canadian Content problems is to tax new media and funnel the revenue to fund canadian content production.
The CRTC needs to step out of the way and move this file over to revenue Canada.
a 1%-3% levy on purchased digital media and we could do away with Canadian Content laws and all these problems.
After all traditional broadcasting is on a crash course with reality
I think a tax on digital media would be more unpopular than ISPs raising rates.
Gimme more, I want it faster, and I want it close to free and cheap as possible... that's the mantra of the cord cutter.