And finally, the government's role as a regulator should be the last resort when industry cannot or will not regulate itself. Let me spend a few moments on each of the points. An information policy must apply to all information media. If there are separate policies, depending upon the medium, there will be differentiation of benefit and protection. This is hardly healthy.
Information increasingly crosses media.
Electronic information becomes print. Print becomes fax or e-mail. Fax can become electronic again. Print can become verbal. Verbal can become electronic.