The Internet was once a research project. Today it is the largest computer system in the universe. Also known as the net or cyberspace, this super highway to the stars offers a variety of useful information as one navigates down its ocean of URL's, browsers and hyperlinks.
Advanced technology brings new legal issues to battle.
A shuttle from web page to web page by merely a click onto the links creates a copy of the page being sent to one's computer. Thus, the age of information has given rise to greater concerns about copyright law. Although it would appear we are headed to a Star Trek-like world, we need to address fundamental areas so vital to educators, business people, computer professionals and the like before beaming too far into our future. Copyright protection stems originally from the United States Constitution, infra, as well as Title 17 of the United States Code. It is important to note that original, creative, fixed expressions under 17 U.S.C. secs.