Interview: Casey McKinnon and Rudy Jahchan against CanCon Net regulations

Clearly fearing for their wallets a growing number of artistic and industrial groups in Canada would like the Internet to be regulated as radio and TV, and Canadian content to be "prioritized" ( c.f. Michael Geist ). With a quarter of a million pages viewed per month, however, Casey McKinnon and Rudy Jahchan from the Galacticast weekly parody video show do not really agree. In fact, they devoted a very serious presentation at the latest BarCampMontreal to disqualify the idea of enforcing "CanCon" ( Canadian Content ) regulations on the Internet. In the interview they also explained their feelings as new media artists regarding the traditional media industry. Who said there's a cultural divide out there? * More on this issue in The Gazette * Read also Casey's post about this article

Intruders TV | November 16, 2007

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