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CAB fears ‘right of making available’ would entrench ‘corporate oligopolies’

The Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB) fears that copyright legislation could be used to entrench "corporate oligopolies" if a new exclusive right of making available provision is introduced into the Copyright Act. If that happens, the CAB warns that music creators and performers would have to authorize use of their works.

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Access drops request for exemption for Regina system; will negotiate with CAB

Canadian broadcasters have remained surprisingly quiet on Access Communications Co-operative Ltd.’s request for an exemption from having to perform simultaneous substitution on U.S. superstations. The Saskatchewan cable co-operative has applied for exemption for its Class 2 systems in Estevan, Weyburn, and Yorkton SK. It had initially also applied for an exemption for its Class 1 system in Regina, but has since dropped that request (CCR, Aug. 30/01).

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Distributors extend free preview period, cut prices to draw more digital subscribers

Broadcast distributors are cutting prices and extending free preview periods in an attempt to lure more viewers and ultimately subscribers to the new digital specialty TV channels that launched in September.

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Broadcasters need to own Canadian programming in the digital era: McCabe

A new business model focused on Canadian content is crucial for the survival of Canadian broadcasting in the digital age, according to the president and CEO of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB). Speaking at the National Press Club in Ottawa on October 24, Michael McCabe said broadcasters must be able to produce, own and distribute Canadian programming to survive in the digital environment because the current model whereby broadcasters acquire money-making U.S. content and use it to subsidize money-losing Canadian content "is a recipe for extinction."

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Utilities willing to negotiate pole access as CCTA files leave to appeal application

The association representing Ontario electrical utilities plans to open discussions with Canadian cable operators in an attempt to negotiate reasonable rates for access to utility poles. The move comes as the Electricity Distributors Association (EDA) is preparing a response to the cable industry’s appeal of a federal court ruling on pole access.

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CNM Update

Pachul will risk prison to defy CRTC order

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Canadian youth at risk on Internet: Media Awareness Network
The Media Awareness Network has found that more than half of children aged 13 to 17 in Canada are visiting private and adult-only chat rooms on the Internet, usually alone. The finding was contained in a survey released today, "Young Canadians in a Wired World: The Student’s View." The survey, of almost 5,700 students aged 9 to 17 and conducted this March, also found that 15% of children and youth who have used the Internet have gone to meet with someone in person that they had met on the ‘Net. Of those, 15% went alone to such a meeting. Boys were more likely to attend such meetings alone than girls, by a margin of 73% to 27%.
Other results include the finding that 78% of youth didn’t report pornographic junk mail, 35% of respondents who report receiving hateful emails about others did nothing about it, and 29% of those respondents replied to the emails themselves. About one-quarter of youth have a personal web site, of whom 57% provide an email address, 26% provide a full name and 22% provide a photo.
At a news conference to announce the findings this morning, Jan D’Arcy, co-director of the Network, called the survey results "a wake-up call" and urged the continuation of education efforts by that organization, ISPs, content providers, police and the government. Jay Thomson, president of the Canadian Association of Internet Providers (a key Network partner), told Canadian NEW MEDIA that while the survey’s results could scare Canadians into demanding legislation to protect children, he doubts that regulatory approaches would solve the problems. Education programs such as those run by the Network, including a new initiative to award Media and Technology badges to Girl Guides, are the best way to mitigate ever-present risks associated with children using the Internet. More details.
Canadian NEW MEDIA will carry full details of the study in its full issue next week.

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