Net neutrality

[SlimChance]

Originally Posted by TylerThomson

Are you talking about region blocking? That isn't censorship. That's companies protecting their ip. That is a far cry from censorship. Yout seem to be confused. Cancon is mainly about how much canadian content must be played by cable and radio stations operating in Canada and had nothing to do with the internet.

What am I searching for? What companies are you talking about. You seem to be also confused between pay for access fast lanes that net neutrality is meant to prevent and pay for higher rankings info search results which has nothing to do with the topic at hand.

I have absolutely no idea what you are on about and I don't think you do either.

There's no small amount of irony reading a guy complain about companies blocking him from seeing content while simultaneously demanding companies be allowed to block him from seeing content.

[Unregistered user]

Originally Posted by TylerThomson

Are you talking about region blocking? That isn't censorship. That's companies protecting their ip. That is a far cry from censorship. Yout seem to be confused. Cancon is mainly about how much canadian content must be played by cable and radio stations operating in Canada and had nothing to do with the internet.

What am I searching for? What companies are you talking about. You seem to be also confused between pay for access fast lanes that net neutrality is meant to prevent and pay for higher rankings info search results which has nothing to do with the topic at hand.

I have absolutely no idea what you are on about and I don't think you do either.

I do, you don't. Merry Christmas Mike Foxtrot (If that is your real name).

[TylerThomson]

Well boys we found the first one to hit the egg nog a little to hard.

[midgetwaiter]

Originally Posted by Unregistered user

There are many sites we can't access from Canada without hiding behind a VPN. Government control CANCON etc. is to blame, hell even some youtube content is blocked from us frostbacks. Do a search, the first ones to load up are from the companies that pay the most money to the search provider. We pay good money for net access but it is manipulated and controlled as are we.

Nope, not even close. This is about licensing agreements and it is absolutely NOT a uniquely Canadian problem.

When Bell buys a license for SNL so they can broadcast it on CTV or Comedy they get the rights for that content over a geographic region. Up until recently they controlled those rights in all formats, doesn’t matter if its broadcast or streamed. If NBC turns around and decides they want to upload SNL clips to YouTube they are obligated to restrict that content to the geographic region they own the rights to. You will find all the same VPN and other region skipping ticks in use in the UK as well.

There are production companies that retain rights so they can sell the content on iTunes or YouTube now. Look at Last Week Tonight for an example, you will find their pieces on Net Neutrality informative. It’s going to be a while before that’s a common situation though. I’ll bet Bell has properties like SNL wrapped up for 20 years.

[TylerThomson]

I'd like to think that he was able to grasp the gist of that. Unfortunately he's already decided he's the smartest man I the room.