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Canada has a law requiring promotion of Canadian culture in tv and film, of which Netflix accommodates. It is an interesting responsibility of government stewa
by daniellarusso 6y ago
Canada has a law requiring promotion of Canadian culture in tv and film, of which Netflix accommodates.
It is an interesting responsibility of government stewardship/preservation of culture, I think.
- Blikkentrekker 6y agoI simply know many streaming services which obviously don't comply with such protectionism, yet are allowed to exist. Does Youtube count as a streaming service? What of last.fm which does need to often comply with radio laws I believe. The way I see it; if such laws were really consistently enforced then many things that exist would not be allowed to exist, and it seems to be more a matter of deciding not to enforce them based on the rather arbitrary criterion of “Do we want this service to stop existing or not?”. And who is to decide what “Canadian culture” is, and when it is “promoted”? — the way I see it, such laws must be incredibly inconsistently enforced.
- SiempreViernes 6y agoWhat? Are you saying youtube and last.fm doesn't host music made in Europe?
- Blikkentrekker 6y agoThe law pertains to access, not to hosting. How last.fm works in it's streaming facility is that it creates a personalized radio station, if one will, based on past listening habits; it actually cannot allow users to select tracks, as that would not conform to radio laws. It is thus entirely possible that no European music plays, based on past listening habits.