Michael Geist weighs in with the observation that many of the services that define the web today - Google, Facebook, YouTube, etc., were actually invented first in Canada, but did not become world leaders because of legal and policy problems in Canadian law. He writes:
- ICraveTv was a video sharing service that persisted until the U.S. complained and the law was changed, making the service illegal (Here's my article from back then).
- OpenText, while still today a large company, could have been our Google, but Canada had a much more restrictive fair dealing provision that prevented OpenText from offering the same sort of results Google did.
- Nexopia started well before Facebook but was not protected by the same sort of 'safe harbour' provisions Facebook did to support sharing and messaging
- ICraveTv was a video sharing service that persisted until the U.S. complained and the law was changed, making the service illegal (Here's my article from back then).
- OpenText, while still today a large company, could have been our Google, but Canada had a much more restrictive fair dealing provision that prevented OpenText from offering the same sort of results Google did.
- Nexopia started well before Facebook but was not protected by the same sort of 'safe harbour' provisions Facebook did to support sharing and messaging
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