Briefly stated, the Supreme Court of Canada has decided that requiring the program suppliers to pay cable companies a fee to carry the programming is outside the jurisdiction of the Canadian Television-radio and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). You will recall the vitriolic advertising by both sides of a couple of years ago when this issue reached a fever-pitch. Cable called it a tax on the user, broadcasters said it was merely fairness. In denying the fee-for-carriage plan, the high court has said it violates the terms of the Copyright Act. Call lawyer Brown. Few of us will know what this means exactly. But for the foreseeable future, no extra charges for watching programs.
Link to CBC story
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