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Internet abuse
* comes in many forms.
* complex technological and societal problem with no easy solutions.

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Internet access
* allows information exchanges using e-mail, listservs and newsgroups
  - people across the world to retrieve and share information
* can pose additional threats to networks, systems, and data.
* comes in several forms, including dial-up and network.
* commodity, and barriers to switching are minimal.
* improves employee efficiency by sharing knowledge and transmitting e-mail.
* is important for having people exposed to new ideas and developments
  - located in libraries
  - mainly at work and public institutions such as universities
  - regulated by companies owned or controlled by the government
  - the digital version of dial tone
  - widespread, and most machines are networked
* major concern of libraries as they place PCs in public areas.
* proven consumer behavior.
* provides worldwide electronic mail and access to the world's resources.
* telecommunication service.
* varies with income, education and race.

Internet censorship
* Internet Censorship is as absurd as theatrical censorship, or literary censorship.
* is both a menace and a nuisance.

Internet connectivity
* is like plumbing.
* key to real estate information distribution.
* opens new worlds of information to the consumer.

Internet dating
* can be dangerous or even life threatening.
* is very much like blind dating.

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Internet gambling
* Internet Gambling is illegal in some locations.
* can provide a nearly undetectable harbor for criminal enterprises.
* concern in Nevada and New Jersey.
* form of commerce that some lawmakers want to stamp out.
* is accessible by minors, and can be addictive
  - big business and millions of people are joining the internet gambling wave
  - ideal for money laundering
* is illegal in Louisiana
  - Nevada and under attack by the United States government
  - likely to have a deleterious effect on businesses and the economy
  - prone to very serious fraud
  - the fastest growing and most profitable business on the Web today
* national problem AND a federal problem.
* poses a direct threat to all sports organizations.
* provides anonymity, remote access, and encrypted data.
* raises related consumer credit and protection issues.

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Internet marketing
* Internet Marketing cost effective advertising tool.
* Internet Marketing is the building blocks of Internet commerce
  - small business person's dream come true
  - is. internet advertising
  - minefield for the untrained
  - new and dynamic, direct response medium
  - plays an important role in ecommerce
  - skill which takes time to learn
* can definitely be harmful to one's health
  - play a major role in attracting buyers to a property
* game of numbers.
* is an exciting and inexpensive method of regional, national or global marketing
  - company specific
  - direct marketing on steroids
  - instant income and constant income
  - interwoven into the content of a Web site
* is more than just having a web site designed and hosted on a server somewhere
  - listings on search engines
  - submitting to search engines
  - niche marketing
  - one of the fastest growing businesses worldwide
  - seen by many people as being dirt cheap
* is the promotion and advertising of web sites
  - way to do business on the web
* key element in creating and maintaining a web site.
* makes small business owners smart business owners.
* profession and learning to do business as a professional takes time.

Internet shopping
* means sidestepping crowds and, in many cases, finding a bargain.
* saves time and money.