Arrr, the Canadian government be plannin' to create a jolly framework to parley with those tech scallywags by 2025.
2023-08-24
Arr, me hearties! The scurvy dogs from Canada's regulatory body be makin' plans to set up a fancy negotiation framework betwixt the news scoundrels and them internet giants. Sailin' in the coming autumn, they be! Yo ho ho!
In the language of a 17th century pirate, me hearties, there be news from the land of Canada! The scallywags in charge of laws for online news have announced their plans to make the internet giants and news organizations sit down together like civilized folk. Arr, this framework for negotiations will be set up in the coming autumn, with the aim of making bargaining mandatory by the start of 2025.This be part of a global trend, me mateys, to make the likes of Google and Facebook pay up for the news they be sharing. Canada's Online News Act, which became law in June, be followin' in the footsteps of other countries. But alas, the big dogs of the internet say this law be impossible for their businesses. Meta's Facebook be endin' news sharin' already, and Google be plannin' to block news from their search results afore the law takes effect.
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, or CRTC for short, be the crew responsible for finalizin' the rules and overseein' the negotiations. They be holdin' a public consultation in the autumn to gather the opinions of the landlubbers. Next year, they be recruitin' independent arbitrators to settle any disputes.
The CRTC plans to publish the framework and code of conduct for the law in the summer of 2024, so we can all have a good read. Then, once the news organizations and arbitrators be in place by early 2025, the real hagglin' can begin. So, me hearties, it be a long journey ahead, but it looks like the Canadian regulator be settin' sail on the high seas of online news negotiations!