tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33937439.post7107813666585413805..comments2023-04-02T00:39:16.640-07:00Comments on Stochasticactus: anomaliesPeter Breslinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15466530226652452872noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33937439.post-73263191128337879002007-06-12T08:19:00.000-07:002007-06-12T08:19:00.000-07:00Thanks Jeremy for the clarification on the CRTC an...Thanks Jeremy for the clarification on the CRTC and CANCON.<BR/><BR/>I did give em hell, Dan. I seem incapable of not doing that, lately. I think this is a result of stripping my life down to a very small scale and being completely unaffiliated and self-employed. Without any real conflict of interest I'm discovering my radical opinions in much more stark relief.<BR/><BR/>PBPeter Breslinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15466530226652452872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33937439.post-76480606091169413242007-06-12T07:12:00.000-07:002007-06-12T07:12:00.000-07:00That's what I like to hear...give 'em hell!That's what I like to hear...give 'em hell!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33937439.post-61047032448510347612007-06-10T16:35:00.000-07:002007-06-10T16:35:00.000-07:00Well, I don't know if this will lower your bittern...Well, I don't know if this will lower your bitterness or raise it--Canada's FCC-like body, the CRTC, are not as much of an anomaly as one might hope. They do some good things. However, the system is also pretty broken. Take the CANCON policy introduced to protect Canadian artists from American competitors on radio and television. Broadcasters must make sure there is 12% Canadian content in all their programming (minus a few exceptions, with the question 'what is CANCON?' worked out according to a draconian scheme). Corporate stations still do not want to play indie artists, the result tends not to benefit indie artists, but actually to cement the stranglehold of Nickelback, Avril Lavigne, Alanis Morrissette, and the like. Independent music distributor Indiepool partnered with a number of other organizations and individuals with a "let's fix CANCON" campaign that put a number of community-generated suggestions to the CRTC but were summarily rebuffed. So we basically have corporate radio and college radio in their comfy little roles.Jeremy Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17641626302140786755noreply@blogger.com