"In less than two months," writes Michael Geist, "the government has reshaped the Internet in Canada with Bills C-11 and C-18 leading to streaming services that may block Canadian users and platforms that may block news sharing... with Canada emerging as a model for how things can go badly wrong." Well - it's not a model yet, since the bills have just come into effect. And frankly, I have no love for any side in this dispute, not the social media companies (and their AI cousins) who mine and monetize the open internet, and not the publishing and media companies who have been working as hard as they can to close the internet and to re-establish the news and media monopolies they used to enjoy. With luck, they'll all lose. I liked the model of the internet where we each paid for our own computers and bandwidth and then shared whatever we wanted with each other, for free, without anyone trying to close it down or monetize the interaction.
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