Federal Court to hear arguments today on whether ISPs should be considered broadcasters

OTTAWA – Last June, when it released its report on new media, the CRTC decided it would continue to exempt the Internet and wireless providers from regulation in Canada.However, it also asked the Federal Court of Canada to take a look at whether it could consider Internet Service providers as broadcasters after all.The court will hear arguments from both sides today in Ottawa. The ISPs, of course, say no way. Content creators say that yes, because they transmit video, ISPs certainly should be considered akin to BDUs (and perhaps be made to pay a Canadian-content-making fee, like BDUs do).However, ISPs...