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
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