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Peer reviewedMcDonald, Frances M. – Library Trends, 1986
Explores five issues related to technology's impact on privacy and access to information--regulation and licensing of the press, electronic surveillance, invasion of privacy, copyright, and policy-making and regulation. The importance of First Amendment rights and civil liberties in forming a coherent national information policy is stressed.…
Descriptors: Cable Television, Civil Liberties, Copyrights, Electronic Mail
Beckham, Joseph C.; Schmid, William, Jr. – West's Education Law Quarterly, 1995
Discusses the uncertainty surrounding the application of the First Amendment to electronic bulletin boards, listservs, electronic conferences, and other exchanges of electronic information at public colleges and universities. Applies the notions of nonpublic forums and designated open forums to the computer network. (MLF)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Court Litigation, Electronic Mail, Freedom of Speech
