The Internet Will Gain Popularity, Problems
Many of the commercial interests scrambling to mine gold in cyberspace will crash and burn, victims of their own inexperience in this unique world … A burgeoning Internet will also force society to confront traditional notions of free speech and intellectual property in new, sometimes uncomfortable ways. What happens to the idea of “community standards” when almost anyone with a computer and modem can become a self-publisher with global distribution? A flood of new users may spark an epidemic of busy signals, worries about data security and a potential boom in computer crime. As the Net throws open its cloistered universe, the real world – goblins and all – will come rushing in.