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    1 year ago

    https://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/44-1/bill/C-18/royal-assent

    I don’t see any wording in the legislation that exempts the intermediary, in fact simply being BIG and POPULAR can make you a target.

    IE if lemmy.ca gained substantial following in Canada the news outlets could claim it isn’t fair.

    Application
    6 This Act applies in respect of a digital news intermediary if, having regard to the following factors, there is a significant bargaining power imbalance between its operator and news businesses:
    
    (a) the size of the intermediary or the operator;
    
    (b) whether the market for the intermediary gives the operator a strategic advantage over news businesses; and
    
    (c) whether the intermediary occupies a prominent market position