The Anti-DRM Manifesto

Steve Jobs gets it right in his recent thoughts on music. In a nutshell: DRMs haven’t worked, and may never work, to halt music piracy. So why bother will all the expense, pain, and interoperability nightmares? (C.f. Engadget’s related post in which they point out that “The only way for DRM to be successful is … Read more

Stephen Reviews the OCW Consortium Website

In the most recent issue of Innovate, Stephen reviews the OCWC website. He is generally unimpressed, making a variety of comments about the lack of interactivity offered by the site: “contrary to expectations, there is no discussion or community component,” “if there is a community – and one presumes there is – it is well … Read more