U.S. households with Internet access doubled to 14.7 million in past year
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Internet service providers (ISP) are gaining the larger share of new Internet users. Access to the Internet from US households has more than doubled to 14.7 million users in the past year. A survey finds nine million adults accessing the Internet on a daily basis, as of Sep 1996, and almost 20 million users accessing the Web at least once a week. This compares with 2.3 million daily users one year ago and 5.3 million weekly users. The number of household users employing an ISP to gain access to the Web has more than tripled to 4.4 million within a year, while business for the major commercial online services, including Compuserve and America Online, grew by just 28%. Competitive pricing seems to be the prime consideration in the move to ISPs. The survey also shows user interest in online services for banking, a trend that could threaten US banks as users pay their bills and balance their checkbooks electronically.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1996
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Netcom loses copyright fight in Federal court
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A federal judge in San Jose, CA ruled that Netcom On-Line Communication Services Inc could be held liable for copyright infringements made by customers who use its Internet access service, but only if Netcom knew about the infringement. US District Judge Ronald M. Whyte made the ruling in a copyright infringement case brought against Netcom by the Church of Scientology. The church brought the suit against Netcom to stop the postings of copyrighted writings by L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology, by Dennis Erlich. Erlich posted the writings on a bulletin board operated by Clearwood Data Services, which uses Netcom as its Internet access provider. The Church of Scientology claims that it repeatedly asked Netcom to remove the postings, but that Netcom refused. Netcom argues that its services function in a landlord/tenant relationships where the landlord is not responsible for the tenant's actions.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1995
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