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> Why would a Canadian politician care about this? You don't buy Canadian distribution rights from Canada or from any Canadian entity. You buy them from the cop
by ninth_ant 8y ago
> Why would a Canadian politician care about this? You don't buy Canadian distribution rights from Canada or from any Canadian entity. You buy them from the copyright holder.
Because the Canadian company paid for exclusive access to that content within Canada for the purpose of making profit. This generates tax revenue and employment and increases the value fo the company for the shareholders, things politicians care about to various degrees.
- sjwright 8y ago1. Company buys something that doesn’t exist. 2. Company lobbies government to demand that their something must be made to exist. Genius.
- wonthegame 8y agoMany times the content is never made available to Canadians! It’s quite frustrating because we want to their content but there is no legal way.
- deogeo 8y agoThere's an upside to that, as buying that content would finance more of this kind of anti-consumer lobbying.