Carnegie Mellon, Visa plan to offer payment system for data from Internet

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Carnegie Mellon University and Visa International are collaborating on a NetBill Internet service that would enable individuals to receive payment for information they post on the Internet computer network. Under the system, an individual could post tips on auto care or other information on the Internet and through NetBill would receive small payments each time the data was accessed. At the other end, NetBill subscribers searching for information would deposit a set sum in a NetBill account. That account would subsequently be drawn upon each time the subscriber purchased information over the Internet. The information could cost as little as a few pennies according to officials from Carnegie Mellon and Visa. A trial run of the NetBill service is planned for the summer of 1995 and will allow users to also access data contained in libraries at Carnegie Mellon, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Illinois, among others.

Planning, Product development, Information services industry, Company services, Cooperative agreement for product development, Alliances and partnerships, Carnegie-Mellon University, Visa Inc.

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Electronic erotica: too much traffic

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There is a proliferation of sexually explicit material on the Internet, with hardcore pornography predominating. Of the 16,000 news groups on Usenet, the ninth most widely used is alt.binaries.pictures.erotica. World Wide Web has made viewing images online easier to do, an ability that has allowed Internet users to access at least 900,000 digitized sexually explicit photos over a six-month period. The closure of the Digital Picture Archive, particularly that portion which showed pornographic photos, of Netherlands' University of Delft has caused such a worldwide furor, further proving that the demand for computer erotica is growing. Despite the existence of many digitized archives, the technology for downloading graphics is still not perfect. The quality of the photos cannot compare with those of glossy magazines and it still takes about 30 minutes to download a single photo.

Usage, Internet, Information management, Pornography

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MCI to offer Internet access, electronic shopping

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MCI Communications introduces expanded on-line information services that allow users to access electronic shopping and the Internet. The plan will move MCI far ahead of competitors such as Sprint and AT&T in the electronic commerce market. These companies have not yet offered services that allow users to access the Internet or purchase products using credit cards on electronic networks. MCI will be offering an application with the service that enables users to keep financial data private. Users will be able to access products and services from companies such as Amtrak, Sara Lee and Timberland, among others. CompuServe offers electronic shopping but MCI intends to provide on-line shopping to a wider market than CompuServe. MCI's data security software will help increase electronic shopping. Users have been hesitant so far to trust networks with sensitive financial data.

Telecommunications services industry, Telecommunications industry, Company service introduction, Service introduction, MCI Communications Corp., MCIC, Bulletin board services (BBS), Computer bulletin boards

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