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As you are all aware, section 2.1 clearly excludes users from being considered broadcasters in respect of the programs they post to a social media service. Section 4.1 clarified that programs that are uploaded to a social media service by an unaffiliated user of the service would not be covered by the Broadcasting Act. We did this specifically ...
Feb 2, 2022 · (2.1) A person who uses a social media service to upload programs for transmission over the Internet and reception by other users of the service — and who is not the provider of the service or the provider’s affiliate, or the agent or mandatary of either of them — does not, by the fact of that use, carry on a broadcasting undertaking for the purposes of this Act.
However, new section 4.1(2) specifies that the Act applies if a program is uploaded by a social media service provider or its affiliate, or the agent or mandatary of either of them. New section 4.2(1) grants the CRTC the authority to make regulations determining which programs uploaded by a social media service are subject to the Act.
Mar 25, 2022 · In June of 2021, Canada’s Parliament passed Bill C-10: An Act to amend the Broadcasting Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts (Bill C-10). Bill C-10 was drafted in response to recommendations made by the Broadcasting and Telecommunications Legislative Review Panel suggesting reforms of Canada’s broadcasting system to account for digital media.
Jan 27, 2023 · Bill C-11, titled the "Online Streaming Act," is a 56-page piece of legislation that spells out a series of changes to the Broadcasting Act. It was tabled in the House of Commons on Feb. 2, 2022 ...
New section 2(2.1) stipulates that a social media user uploading and receiving programs through this service does not carry on a broadcasting undertaking for the purposes of the Act. New section 2(2.2) specifies that an online undertaking that provides a social media service does not exercise programming control over programs uploaded by a user of
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Sep 17, 2021 · Online streaming services and Canadians alike have been closely following the progress of Bill C-10 (the “Bill”) 1, which sought to amend Canada’s Broadcasting Act 2 (the “Act”), principally by extending the Act to cover online broadcasters that deliver audio and audio-visual content. The Bill made headlines in May 2021 when a clause known as the social media exemption was removed ...
