Individuals pay private providers for Internet access. Individual fees are currently comparable to cable TV charges. Some information on the Internet is uncopyrighted, some is copyrighted but available freely, and some is not available without paying use or copyright fees in addition to the basic fees for Internet access. The Internet is a new way to publish. It does not replace older media such as print, sound, or video.
Some works are available only on the Internet.
Some works are available only in print. For economic and copyright reasons, the vast majority of current works in other media are not now available and may never be available on the Internet. There is no authority which organizes or regulates the entire Internet or the validity and currency of information published there. Researchers must carefully evaluate for themselves any information found on the Internet. There are a number provide directories and search engines which permit you to search databases of WWW pages and other Internet resources.