Canadian lawmakers are locked in a dispute with internet technology companies over a law that would compel them to pay news publishers for content, years after a similar regulatory saga played out in Australia.
Some reflections on the Australian experience and what they might mean for Canada.
After Google’s move on Thursday, Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez sent a written statement calling the companies’ moves “deeply irresponsible and out of touch … especially when they make billions of dollars off of Canadian users” with advertising.
Australia’s regulatory experiment – the first of its kind in the world – also got off to a rocky start, but it has since seen tech companies, news publishers and the government reach a middle ground.
@StillPaisleyCat Yeah it makes total sense. I do wonder if that’s superficial analysis and there is really something important to do differently from Australia.
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@StillPaisleyCat I could not be less worried. Did anything really undesirable happen in Australia after similar legislation?
Some deals are made, some cash flows differently and soon enough things are pretty much the same as before.
That’s one of the points in the article - despite the dire comments from the two corporations, almost everyone expects it to settle down.
@StillPaisleyCat Yeah it makes total sense. I do wonder if that’s superficial analysis and there is really something important to do differently from Australia.
Hard to know the implications of Canada’s being integrated with the US markets in a way that Australia is not.