E24: Spring 1998
List of discussion issues
Access
Universal access to the internet (vs. public libraries, basic telephone
service, public transit)
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How important?
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How to promote it (targeted vs. cross- subsidy)?
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Role of schools, libraries?
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How to pay for it?
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Is information free?
Universal
Access to the Internet: Who Pays?
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
One Planet, One
Net
Education (K-12, university, continuing education, professional training)
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Quality (wider use of best teachers?)
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Productivity
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Opportunity for virtual experiences, virtual experiments
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Remote access, time shifting for those unable to come to classrooms
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Interactive means for remote students
Globalization
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Virtual communities
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Impact on government
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Business
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Education
Employment
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Productivity
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Unemployment
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Skills and training
Disabled
Gender
Government policy
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Content filtering (e.g. V-chip, PICS, etc.) vs free speech
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Encryption (gov't access?) http://info.isoc.org:80/papers/index.html
Intellectual property rights for content
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Copyrights; what is "fair use"?
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Role of patents?
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Open Software Foundation model vs. strict property right
Electronic commerce
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Security (cost vs. effectiveness)
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Taxation?
Privacy
Center for Democracy and Techology
Economics
Standardization
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European vs. U.S. approaches
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De facto vs de jure
Antitrust vs. regulation
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ATT: natural monopoly
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IBM: monopoly based on performance
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Microsoft: monopoly based on network effects