Infrastructure for the Global Village

Citation
Al Gore, Jr., Infrastructure for the Global Village, 265 Scientific American Special issue) 150 (Sept. 1991) (behind pay wall).

Overview
Technologies that enhance the ability to create and understand information have led to changes in the traditional legal concepts of property, ownership, originality, privacy, and intellectual freedom. The importance of government addressing such issues and investing in development of a high-capacity computer network is discussed.