From County Roads to Superhighway: Keeping Pace with the New Business and Legal Turns on the Information Superhighway.

Gordon, Mark L.; McKenzie, Diana J. P.

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Publication Date: 1994

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From County Roads to Superhighway: Keeping Pace with the New Business and Legal Turns on the Information Superhighway.

Gordon, Mark L.; McKenzie, Diana J. P.

Illinois Libraries, v76 n3 p124-48 Sum 1994

Discusses the development of a national information superhighway. Highlights include the National Information Infrastructure; NREN (National Research and Education Network); private networks, including Prodigy; repositioning in the telecommunications industry, including telephone, cable, and entertainment companies; government regulations; financial issues; copyright and patent protection; confidentiality and privacy; and pending federal legislation. (Contains 82 references.) (LRW)

Descriptors: Cable Television, Computer Networks, Copyrights, Economic Factors, Federal Legislation, Federal Regulation, Government Role, Information Networks, National Programs, Patents, Privacy, Telecommunications, Telephone Communications Industry

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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