It would appear from the second to last paragraph that live feeds are legal as long as excerpts or transcripts are not published without the consent of the originator of the broadcast.
Easiest way to comply would be to turn off archives.
Of course, you realize I'm not a lawyer and my thoughts on the matter are pure speculation.
The feed owners will have to interpret the letter for themselves and decide their own course of action.
I'm afraid the horse will continue to be beaten.
So do you think Global National in Vancouver recorded the capture of the Canada wide Amber alert child abductor in Sparwood B.C. thousands of miles away on a newsroom scanner. The feed did come from Radio Reference. It really doesn't matter who was first to air (publish) the audio. Every one that aired it is in violation. CP 24 should just get the largest fine for being first.
Congratulations, Industry Canada, for taking three full months to draft a letter that simply quotes your own well established regulations. Very vague and open-ended IMHO. Does this mean that all the media providers who published the Styles audio will be fined and/or imprisoned? Very much doubt it. Is it not the end-user of RadioReference who ultimately decides if they want to "make use" or divulge such archived recordings? Is simply listening to a recording the same thing as "making use" of it? Making available ≠ making use.
Unless anyone can show me some type of precedent where an individual has been charged under this subsection of the Radiocommunication Act, I'm still unconvinced and will let the floggings continue.
I would personally rather see the Archives removed... But the Media has their own scanners and they are setup to capture all transmission to computer via MP3. CP24 was the first to publish that transmissions and they capture it themselves and not from Radio Reference. My 2 cents...
and from the second to last paragraph (and the CC to the York Region Police Service Chief), they are more concerned with audio excerpts and transcripts being released without permission.
What the media did was disrespectful to the family of Constable Stiles.
If they had waited for YRPS to release a sanitized transcript after a suitable period, feed providers wouldn't be questioning whether they can continue their feeds.