CMN 1160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Canadian Content, Social Theory, Common Booster Core

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMN 1160
• Professor: Daniel Pare

Document Summary

Challenge of trying to strike the right balance between economic welfare, political welfare, social welfare. Reducing govt interfence in the market, market will find what is most effeicent and that is what is best for society. Social theory: whats good for the market is not always good for society, do lead to inequalities. Regulation in 2017: digital environment, regulations become far more complex, have to worry about users, industry, Key battlegrounds around intellectual property rights/copy right: protection of private property, challenge to copy right is how do we find balance btween interest of producers and those who want to use those works, fair dealing in can. Fair use in america: conditions under which people can use copyright without permission of. Policy: pre-1994/5, distincion between content and carriage (infastrcutre vs what flows through it) telecommunication act (carriage) broadcasting act (content, post 1994/5, on going renewal process, debate not focused, but diverse, politically important issues, but relatively little public engagement.