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Lawsuits targeting publicly-funded music festivals are putting the spotlight on the Copyright Act and whether charities must pay royalties for music played during the events. https://t.co/UOEOtimWwF

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The Shaw Rocket Fund is asking the Federal Court of Appeal whether the CRTC should have ordered a public hearing on Rogers funding timeline. https://t.co/6gTiQuTEFA

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Howard Law analyzes the CRTC's major decisions last week. https://t.co/m0EXdHsHJJ

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Vues & Voix's Canal M has been denied its request for an increase to its wholesale carry rate. The president says the organization will resubmit a more comprehensive application for the radio station. https://t.co/g6nyfByFyv

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Akash discontinues appeal challenging the CRTC's decision to deny it the purchase of an AM radio station in Calgary. https://t.co/P5SpUwtcoJ

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Rogers loses court challenge in OneSoccer dispute. https://t.co/FIXBtexNLA

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Breaking news: Culture Minister Marc Miller says $6 billion for prospective broadcasting journalism tax credit was an "error." Says possible value not yet quanitifed. https://t.co/xQjuqdiSvC

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Federal broadcast journalism tax credit could be worth $6 billion, culture minister says. https://t.co/SxN3JTdDSb

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SaskTel’s wholesale fibre challenge could impact cabinet direction power broadly, the attorney general argues. https://t.co/OGIGZPJDim

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A day before the long-awaited release of final wholesale internet access rates tomorrow, cabinet declined to vary the CRTC's decision to allow the three largest telecoms to wholesale internet from competitor networks outside of their operating territories. https://t.co/4KY9numKSD

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Before last week's Heritage committee report recommending more action to ensure copyright protections for content scooped up by bots, ISED inquired about an 'opt-out mechanism' for AI-generated news summaries on platforms such as Google. https://t.co/vV7f4iEGCi

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Senate committee recommends harsher penalties for copper theft. https://t.co/8Z2wwqbZ6L

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Cogeco, Eastlink say they will not stop decommissioning despite CRTC request. https://t.co/bjORxX9Gp2

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The strings attached to the CRTC’s one-year limit for spoken word programming on the FM dial may end up discouraging radio stations from experimenting with the policy altogether, the Canadian Association of Broadcasters is arguing. https://t.co/zY2BAwhpEV

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Jeanne Pratt appointed interim Commissioner of Competition. https://t.co/8VmHrbF3k5

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Appeal court says CanCon financial disclosure complaints premature. https://t.co/JuRFxpr3T8

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The Federal Court of Appeal will determine whether the CRTC must explicitly state that it has jurisdiction over long-distance call rates from correctional facilities. https://t.co/DOqMmYR3Xe

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Radio-Canada suspends ICI RDI deal with Prime Video after backlash, but Bloc MP Champoux says the head of the public broadcaster still needs to explain the distribution strategy for the news channel. https://t.co/PqFWfHivfP

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"This agreement allows us to do what is not yet possible on our own platforms since some of our agreements with Canadian distributors currently prevent us from offering the ICI RDI signal by subscription on ICI https://t.co/SgToYhvYRm," a CBC spokesperson said.

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Heritage committee to call CBC head over Prime Video Deal. https://t.co/ZiXVuDHTqz

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Heritage committee to call CBC head over Prime Video Deal. https://t.co/ZiXVuDHTqz