In 2008, the Conservative government introduced Bill C-61, amendments to Canada's Copyright Act (the bill died on the order paper at the dissolution of Parliament when the government called an election). The proposed amendments included provisions relating to the private use of copyrighted materials that allowed individuals to copy a legally acquired sound recording to an MP3 player and a computer. The bill, however, also contained an anti-circumvention clause that would make it illegal for a person to bypass or remove a technical measure that controls access to or the ability to reproduce, display, or perform a work. What is the effect of the digital lock provisions? Do you think the proposal strikes the right balance between the interests of consumers and the interests of creators?
According to Statistics Canada data, the Household Saving Rate in Canada has been decreasing for...... ... Liberal Government will not change in the future, write an equation of a line that can be used to calculate the maximum amount of money in your TFSA when you turn 71 years old (not including...
From 1 April 2008, the UK government introduced free off-peak bus travel for the over-60s in...... ... is the likely impact of this policy on car usage? Is there a case for extending the policy to (a) Bus travel for pensioners at all times of the day, as is the case in Scotland; (b) Bus travel...
The following information was taken from the 2008 annual reports of Walgreens and The Limited (dollars in millions). REQUIRED:Compute the conservatism ratios for both companies and comment on the differences. Which company is more conservative,...
E6A-26 Comparing ending merchandise inventory, cost of goods sold, and gross profit using the periodic inventory system—FIFO, LIFO, and weighted- average methodsAssume that Heavenly Coffee Shop completed the following periodic inventory transactions for a line of merchandise inventory:Jun....
Radio waves, microwaves, and infrared all belong to the electromagnetic radiation spectrum. These terms reference ranges of radiation frequencies we use every day in our wireless networking environments. However, the very word radiation strikes fear in many people. Cell towers have sprouted from...
Consider the following assumptions: • A music company offers three types of music genres: Jazz, Hip-hop, and Metal (subtypes of the Genre supertype). An “Artist” instances “Records” of these Genres. • There are total of 8,000 songs in company’s database, which can be categorized per...
Balanced scorecard. Ridgecrest Corporation manufactures corrugated cardboard boxes. It competes and plans to grow by selling high-quality boxes at a low price and by delivering them to customers quickly after receiving customers’ orders. There are many other manufacturers who produce similar...
Peking Duct Tape Company has outstanding a $1,000-face-value bond with a 14 percent coupon rate and 3 years remaining until final maturity. Interest payments are made semi-annually. a. What value should you place on this bond if your nominal annual required rate of return is (i) 14 percent? (ii) 16...
Forrest runs Y Not Flowers, Inc. (YNF), a wholesale flower distributor with stores in several major metropolitan areas of the U.S. He is considering expanding his business, but he thinks his current accounting and financial systems are restricting that expansion. He also worries that YNF is not...
A patent troll is a person or company that holds patents for the sole purpose of extracting license revenue or suing infringers. The troll does not make, use or sell new products or technologies, it waits until a company has invested in, developed and commercialized an idea and then it pounces –...
Meredith opened a restaurant called Checkers in St John’s, Newfoundland. After about six months, she received a phone call informing her that “Checkers” is the name of a restaurant in Vancouver, British Columbia, and she must immediately cease using the same name. Must she comply? Why or why...
A cable having a mass per unit length of 3 kg/m is suspended between two points at the same elevation that are 48 m apart. Determine the smallest allowable sag of the cable if the maximum tension is not to exceed 1800 N. Discuss.