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Fagstein
Personal blog · blog.fagstein.comculturebusiness
Fagstein is a personal blog at blog.fagstein.com about culture and business. Since 2013, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-09-10, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters link Fagstein's posts on Canadian TV regulation, such as the CRTC myths post, as a source for how the rules work. Another comment points to legal Canadian streaming options.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
What Hacker News says?
This is a myth, this CRTC rule is mandated for broadcasters. CRTC does not rule content on the internet. Source: http://blog.fagstein.com/2014/11/10/crtc-tv-myths/
Comment linking /2014/11/10/crtc-tv-myths/
on “Inside Popcorn Time – the world's fastest growing piracy site”Submitted Can La Presse save the newspaper industry by doing everything wrong? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionActually you can get Rick and Morty legally in Canada via StackTV on Amazon channels for $12.99/month if you’re an Amazon Prime member.[1] You can also watch episodes in the Global TV app, but you do have to have a subscription to Global TV to watch those, though it is often included in basic packages that start at $25/month ($15 for Alt TV) as CRTC mandated that channels be made available a la carte with a cheaper…
Comment linking /2018/11/13/corus-asks-crtc-to-shut-down-44-global-tv-transmitters/
on “Apple is quietly pushing a TV ad product with media agencies”