The community cable that brings television programs to homes can, at a small cost, be utilized by schools and local governments as a medium for data communication. Technical and legal aspects are addressed. (MLF)

Some of the problems posed by the more significant new technologies in their relation to the copyright law are described. Included in the discussion are cable television, reprography (especially Xeroxing and comparable processes), and the computer. A federal Technology Commission is proposed. (LBH)

A low cost method for delivery of computer services to homes and schools through interactive television called time-shared, interactive, computer controlled, information television (TICCIT) has technical qualities such that it is individualized, computerized, multimedia, and provides unlimited points of entry and delivery of information. TICCIT's…

Various petitions submitted to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for reconsideration and the FCC's response and discussion of these petitions are described in this memorandum. First, the questions raised by the petitioners are presented: "Did the Commission err in deciding not to impose a complete bar on communications common…

This compendium of papers, prepared by staff of a Canadian public cable company, examines cablevision marketing in Canada, multiple replay community programming, the first QCTV film production, QCTV special programming, television coverage of the House of Commons, establishment of a data processing system, use of that system for customer service,…

This survey of the potential applications of cable television (CATV) at the University of Illinois presents brief overviws of 14 possible kinds of services which might be derived from a CATV system. The purpose of the document is to encourage the development of basic planning for a cable system and to provide information useful to the university's…