Satellite broadcasting of a CD-Rom based catalog is going to be possible next year. New plug-ins for Netscape make multimedia advertising on the net a reality. The Department of Commerce is under fire for doing what it was originally set up to do, get information into the hands of businessmen and the public. The need for content for the Internet is outstripping the supply, causing frequent copyright law violations. Be careful about what you put on the Internet.
Mistakes can prove costly.
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