Legal Research

Is Broadband a Right or a Luxury?

This is an interesting discussion.

Here's a teaser from Cory Doctorow:

"Glenn Fleishman's "The Killer App of 1900" draws striking parallels between the present-day debate over the necessity of Internet access and the early 20th century debate over the necessity of electricity. In the early days of electrification, electricity was a luxury, providing lights to a few people who chose electric over gas. The idea that electricity was a necessity (let alone a right) was widely held to be absurd."

BTW, I think it's a right. Yep - just like libraries.

Stephen

Full post as published by Stephen's Lighthouse on December 15, 2009 (boomark / email).