Internet courtroom battle gets cyberspace preview; on-line panel to debate 1st Amendment
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A 'cybercast' on the World Wide Web will debate the Communications Decency Act before a Federal court in Philadelphia takes up the problem of determining whether the new law violates First Amendment rights. Signed into law on Feb 8, 1996, the Communications Decency Act outlaws the transmission of obviously offensive material over public networks. Those who do transmit such material or permit it to be transferred face fines of $250,000 and two years in jail. The cybercast, dubbed 'Encarta on the Record, is an electronic talk show, combining a panel of experts, E-mail, satellite video, digital photography and electronic speech files. It can be found at http://www.msn.com. The court case will begin Mar 21, 1996. Proponents of the law are expected to claim the government has the right to regulate the Internet as if it were a broadcast medium, while opponents will claim the law is unenforceable and censorship should be the parents' responsibility.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1996
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Sony and Visa in on-line entertainment venture
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Sony Corporation of America and Visa USA plan to develop a worldwide entertainment and information center on a Web site created by the CKS Group. The Sony Station site will allow users to play games with other Internet users, buy Sony products and preview and discuss televisions programs, films and music CDs. Sony plans on-line versions of television quiz shows and anticipates that users may use Visa cards to pay for playing the games, which may award Sony products or discount coupons as prizes. Visa will provide the electronic payment systems and will share revenues from the site. Visa executives also imply that the company may work with Sony to make products such as smart card readers for interactive televisions or PCs. Observers claim that the venture is one of the most wide-reaching attempts to create a new type of electronic commerce and note the uniting of diverse companies to create new products.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1995
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New editor is appointed for Delphi
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TV Guide editor-in-chief Anthea Disney is being hired as the top editor of News Corp's Delphi Internet Services. The hiring is an indication that News Corp's CEO Rupert Murdoch intends to compete aggressively for market share in the online information industry. Delphi is far behind rival services such as America Online, CompuServe and Prodigy and the hiring is one of several moves that are intended to improve the flagging service. Disney is credited with turning TV Guide into one of the country's top advertising revenue magazine's and her hiring is a sign that the Internet is moving from being a service for a narrow, specialized group of users to a service for the mass market. Disney's job will be to create a specific personality for the Delphi Internet Service.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1995
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