YouTube is sounding the alarm
The Canadian Press – May 4, 2022 / 12:19 pm | History: 367954
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Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez delivers introductory remarks at the National Summit of Culture at the National Arts Center in Ottawa on Tuesday, May 3, 2022. YouTube says consumer-generated content, such as cooking videos, was made in people’s kitchens , may be regulated by an online streaming law, despite assurances from the Minister of Heritage that this will not happen. THE CANADIAN PRESS / Sean Kilpatrick
YouTube says user-generated content, such as cooking videos made in people’s kitchens, can be regulated by an online streaming law, despite assurances from the Heritage Minister that this will not happen.
Speaking for the first time publicly about the C-11 bill, Janet Patel, head of government affairs for YouTube Canada, said the text of the bill gives the broadcast regulator the opportunity to watch home videos.
She said at the Ottawa National Culture Summit that the text of the bill contradicted Minister Pablo Rodriguez’s public assurances that it did not cover user-generated content, such as videos with cats.
YouTube says it accepts full-length professional music videos to fall within the scope of the bill, but wants the bill’s legal text to accurately reflect the minister’s insistence that amateur videos be released.
A spokesman for the minister said the government had made it very clear that the content generated by consumers did not fall within the scope of the bill, and the text reflected that.
The bill will make online streaming platforms, such as Netflix, Spotify and YouTube, promote a certain amount of Canadian content and give the broadcaster more power over digital platforms.
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