There has been a war going on right before our eyes. It's about power and control, but not in the way you would think. It is a war over the internet; who is in control of where it goes and how fast it goes. It is called Net Neutrality and it affects everyone. Cable companies are trying to force internet companies like Google, Facebook, and Netflix to pay for their users to have a faster connection, and that is wrong. The cable companies should not be able to force companies to pay to prioritize their speeds. We need Net Neutrality here in the US to set a precedent for everyone else, protect internet companies and continue the progress that has already started in the past year. Internet Companies that pay money to the cable companies …show more content…
Most countries tend to follow what the US does in terms of technology, as the US is an important part in our technology age. Canada is waiting to see what the US does before making a decision in their government. They usually follow what the US does on most modern issues, like technology. In Canada, there are prevention methods being used by large companies to prevent it from happening. Just like in the US, attempts to create Net Neutrality has caused lawsuits and regulatory government hearings to pop up. Canada’s Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has In both Canada and the UK, lawsuits made by telecommunication companies have been filed to protect them from government regulation. Some customers are threatening to leave the ISPs for other providers, but there are not many to choose from in Canada. The UK, however is a very “highly competitive market” and would be “very difficult for providers to jack up their prices without losing customers” (Vincent). The EU tends to follow other member countries on technology issues, so they will most likely follow what the UK does, as the UK is a current member of the EU. This has all caused a big stir around the globe as to who can control the …show more content…
FCC Commissioner Ajit Patel has called Net Neutrality a “government control of the Internet” (FCC approves). The reason we need Net Neutrality is so the internet is staying open, free, and prevent it from becoming monopolized. If we did not have the FCC regulations, we would see cable companies and other Internet Service Providers (ISPs) controlling how the internet flows, where it goes and how fast it gets there. The people have spoken online, with over “3.7 million comments” and complaints to the FCC back in late 2014/early 2015, stating issues with ISPs and agreeing with Net Neutrality Regulations (Hu). Classifying the internet as a utility will connect more people to the internet and move us further into the 21st
Many scholars have a notion that children and teens are highly susceptible to being influenced by the media due to their lack of real world experiences (Scharrer, 1957). With such a high population of young people in Canada we must be aware of the content broadcasted through mass media to encourage a more “Canadian” youth. Canadian television, films, and radio alike are often compared to that of American media, which contains highly identifiably American substance. Thus, Canadian identity and culture is greatly influenced by content derived from the USA. Otherwise, Canada has rich and diverse culture with its own economic systems, political ideologies and processes, ways of life and social mores (StatsCan, 2013). Therefore, it is up to Canadian regulations to motivate its citizens towards embracing a more Canadian identity and deter from Americanization. This paper will explore ways in which the Canadian music industry will help define and influence national identity as well as the political and societal benefits that will accompany implemented regulations. . Regulations of Canadian content defined using the MAPL system should be implemented by the CRTC to support Canadian ingenuity, values, and politics in order to form a more homogenous Canadian identity through music.
Back to the early 1970s, people from CRTC (Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission) felt anxious and threatened when they became aware of American Cultural imperialism had a big influence on Canadian Cultural Identity which made the latter to diminish. To solve this crisis, CRTC adopted Canadian content rules (CanCon) to govern the percentage of the music with Canadian content should be played from radio stations until now. Theoretically, this regulation could cause Canadian talents to rise and support the Canadian music industry. Also for Canadian artists, they would get more opportunities to let the masses to hear their music. However, from my point of view, CanCon works the opposite way. Reasons are as follows.
In order for Canada to share an equal part in the overall media industry as any other country, Canadian content regulations must be in place. CanCon regulations should be enforced on Canadian media content, as it is a crucial aspect of national culture, representative of the country as a whole. Without such regulations determined by CanCon, Canadian society risks becoming lost within the commotion of international media and their varied interests.
The emergence of the Internet and the World Wide Web brought upon a medium of communication with a range of opportunities for the world. However, this medium is, in due course, subject to the control of a few major companies. The enigma of information flow is the central concern of net neutrality. Consumers, competition and network owners would benefit directly from the regulation of network neutrality because it would provide a positive impact to those parties as well as provide equality.
Net Neutrality requires to give everyone access to everything on the internet. This means that your internet provider won’t charge you for using specific websites. But with this, companies will have the ability to charge you for using basic things such as email, Spotify and even YouTube. Fast and slow lanes will also be included which may vary depending of what packages you paid for. But that is just the beginning, being that with this they will be able to control what you are able to see and not, ending Freedom of Speech in the
It all started back in 1981 when Vidéotron Ltée and La Presse introduce the first electronic newspaper via cable in Montreal. One year later, The Canadian Radio-television Commission licensed Canada's first pay services and 58% of home televisions were connected to the cable television.
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...s article “Ma Bell’s Revenge: The battle for Network Neutrality” shows us in a just a few of the hundreds of arguments which have been brought up over the proposal of network neutrality. Network neutrality essentially means that all data gets treated the same by an ISP or service, whether it be an incoming email or a gigantic video file, it’s is based on the principle that Internet users should be in control of what content they view and what applications they choose to use on the Internet. The Internet has operated according to this neutrality principle since its earliest days. In other words, net neutrality is about equal access to the Internet in terms of overall speed. Just as telephone companies are not permitted to tell consumers who they can call or what they can say, broadband carriers should not be allowed to use their market power to control activity online.
Canada is also very unique in the global economy in light of their communication technologies. Canada is a unique country because it allows two main companies control its communication industry. The two big players in the game are Rogers, who control eastern Canada, and Shaw, who control western Canada.
The Country of Canada is bordered by the United States, the Atlantic Ocean, Arctic Ocean, Baffin Bay, Hudson Bay and the Labrador Sea. The landmass of Canada consists of ten provinces and three territories which encompass 9,093,507 square kilometers, which is a little larger than the United States (Facts On File, Inc., 2016). In early times Canada was occupied by France and Great Britain. France ceded a portion of its land holdings in Canada to Great Britain in the Treaty of Paris in 1763. Canada was then known as the North American Colonies of Great Britain. On July 1, 1867 the Dominion of Canada was formed as a result of the Charlottetown and Quebec Conferences where the British North American Act of 1867 was signed. Canada officially
Compared with its competitors, Rogers is aiming to offer the best Internet services with higher upload and download speed, more monthly usage at lower price for families, business and companies. There are more than 4 million families in Canada enjoy Internet service from Rogers1. “Most of these customers are in Ontario, New Brunswick and Newfoundland representing approximately 30% of the total Canadian market” 1. The advanced digital hybrid fiber-coax network provides market leading high-speed broadband Internet access speeds and online viewing to various large enterprise, government and carrier
Transparency in the Canadian Government is being used inefficiently and unfairly. Over many years since Canada has been a country their have been many different censorship laws. Censorship has been included, in film, broadcasting, print, art, and the internet. As years pass the Canadian Government has been lenient towards censorship towards film, broadcasting and the arts. However, with the expansion of technology the Government still censors and denies multiple files and information from the General Public. The Harper Conservative government and CSIS have denied access to multiple government files and even censored out files allowed viewing by the general Public and now Canada has had the most files censored currently in the history of the
Canada is a trading nation and its business remains the instrument of economic growth. Canada’s growth and wealth is led by its capitalism economic system. Canada is a land of opportunities where business can operate in a free market. Capitalism is also called free market economy. Free market economy permits the market to make the decision about what good and services to offer and in which amounts. Business decide what and how to offer their products to consumers. Through consumer’s feedback, businesses can determine the demand for their products and either increase the supply to meet the high demand or cut supply if the demand for their product/service is decreasing.
Canada is one of the world’s most attractive countries to conduct business in. It has one of the most stable business climates and has an economic freedom score of 79.1 ranking it as the 6th freest economy in the world in the 2015 Index. It has the worlds second best property rights regime and its financial sector is extremely competitive. Canada’s high tech industrial society is in the trillion dollar class. Its market oriented economic system, production pattern and high standard of living resemble that of the US.
In terms of the net neutrality the conflict theorist would view the situation as those in control over