{"id":9340,"date":"2016-05-04T14:48:47","date_gmt":"2016-05-04T18:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=9340"},"modified":"2016-05-04T14:48:47","modified_gmt":"2016-05-04T18:48:47","slug":"regulating-the-internet-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=9340","title":{"rendered":"Regulating the internet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Should we be concerned that the CRTC is co-hosting <a href=\"http:\/\/j.mp\/1X6VYnJ\" target=\"_blank\">an event<\/a> to explore &#8220;Discoverability: Content in the Age of Abundance&#8221;? <\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"http:\/\/j.mp\/1SPN8XW\" target=\"_blank\">I wrote last month<\/a>, the current CRTC Chair continues to insist that the Commission regulates internet content. As he repeatedly told a witness in the <a href=\"http:\/\/j.mp\/1lX9laA\" target=\"_blank\">Local TV hearing in January<\/a>, streaming video on the internet (such as Netflix and YouTube, is considered to be unlicensed, not unregulated. <\/p>\n<p>In the recent &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/j.mp\/1Nf9gva\" target=\"_blank\">Review of basic telecommunications services<\/a>&#8220;, the <a href=\"http:\/\/j.mp\/1q0qG4j\" target=\"_blank\">Chair said<\/a> he likes to look at outcomes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>when you set large national objectives you start off defining the outcomes and then you &#8212; which is the strategy &#8212; and then you define specific actions required. But you actually have to figure out what the outcome is and then work backwards.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So what is the outcome that is being sought through the Discoverability project? We have seen <a href=\"http:\/\/j.mp\/1M9VmoP\" target=\"_blank\">announcements<\/a> that say &#8220;The Summit will be a forum for learning and creative discussions with respect to new strategies, tools and approaches to tackle the challenge of discoverability.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Is that the outcome? Is the ultimate outcome to hold a forum and issue some kind of a report or strategy document? Or, is the outcome to develop new strategies for tackling the challenge of discoverability? If the latter, what is the outcome being sought? In the Chair&#8217;s own words, &#8220;you actually have to figure out what the outcome is and then work backwards.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Was the intent for a &#8220;strategy&#8221; to be the outcome? It would fit what Terence Corcoran called Canada&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/j.mp\/1q0ImwI\" target=\"_blank\">National Strategies Strategy<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A National Strategies Strategy would aim to bring together all Canadian stakeholders, perhaps at a foundational event or summit, for cross-disciplinary strategy-setting that would devise evidence-based intelligence on how Canada \u2014 as a diverse nation \u2014 can set up a system that would allow our best minds, institutions and diverse cultural communities to establish a national strategic hierarchy of strategies.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So, what is the outcome being sought through the Discoverability project? What is the role of the regulator in this process? Is &#8220;Content in the Age of Abundance&#8221; a euphemism for &#8220;Content in the age of the Internet&#8221;? Will the forum be an opportunity for Canada&#8217;s telecommunications and broadcast regulator to reinforce its assertion of authority to regulate internet content? Should we be concerned?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Should we be concerned that the CRTC is co-hosting an event to explore &#8220;Discoverability: Content in the Age of Abundance&#8221;? As I wrote last month, the current CRTC Chair continues to insist that the Commission regulates internet content. 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