Entries from April 2007

April 14, 2007

Should government support municipal Wi-Fi?

It is true that universally accessible broadband can be a useful tool for lower-income residents, for education, research, accessing government services, and job search. According to Graham Longford and Andrew Clement, while over half of Toronto residents can take advantage of high-speed Internet access, about a quarter of the residents in Toronto have no Internet [...]

April 10, 2007

The record labels’ DRM gambit

DRM was originally considered to be essential for effective monetization of copyrighted music. Why is it then that most recently, we see a move towards DRM-free music being offered by artists and music labels? The irony is that although DRM was designed to protect artists and record labels, increasingly it is causing them to lose [...]