What Should We Call the Net?.

Lyman, Peter

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ERIC Number: EJ601827

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Publication Date: 1999

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What Should We Call the Net?

Lyman, Peter

Educom Review, v34 n6 p26-31,57-59 Nov-Dec 1999

Consideration of metaphors related to the Internet focuses on the information superhighway, virtual communities, and digital libraries. Highlights include the Digital Millenium Copyright Act of 1998; the Uniform Commercial Code; equality; privacy; communication; authorship; open software; information management; user fees; library collections; and users. (LRW)

Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Computer Software, Electronic Libraries, Information Management, Internet, Library Collections, Privacy, Users (Information)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Digital Millennium Copyright Act 1998; Equal Access

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