The Internet and the World Wide Web have grown rapidly from a research project into something that involves millions of people worldwide. Much of the Internet's usefulness comes from the fact that it is shared by users, service providers, and others, in the sense that each depends on the other and needs to support the other. Hopefully, that sort of sharing and respect will continue. Your behavior, your expectations for others, and your activities will make the difference.

• "It is important to realize that the Web is what we make it. 'We' being the people who read, the people who teach children how to surf the Web, the people who put information up on the Web. Particularly the people who make links.... The Web doesn't force anything down your throat. If you are worried that your children are going to read low-quality information, teach them. Teach them what to read. Teach them how to judge information." Tim Berners-Lee.  "Molding the Web" Scientific American Dec 97.
  
  
• "The Internet is for everyone, - but it won't be if Governments restrict access to it, so we must dedicate ourselves to keeping the network unrestricted, unfettered and unregulated. The Internet is for everyone - but it won't be if its users cannot protect their privacy and the confidentiality of transactions conducted on the network." - excerpts from "The Internet is for Everyone" given by Vint Cerf at Computers, Freedom, and Privacy on April 7, 1999.

• Introducton to PGP
• CNET features - how to - Pretty Good Privacy (page 258)
• WHERE TO GET PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) (page 258)
• Fundamentals of Cryptography
• How PGP Works
• Introduction to Encryption
• 6.805/STS085: Readings on Encryption and National Security (page 258)
• 6.805/STS085: Readings on Privacy Implications of Computer Networks (page 258)
• EPIC Online Guide to Privacy Resources (page 258)
• The Privacy Pages (page 258)
• cookie - PC Webopaedia Definition and Links (page 260)

• EFFweb - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (page 261)
• EFF "Top Level" Archive (page 261)
• Filtering Facts Home Page (page 262)
• PEDINFO Parental Control of Internet Access (page 262)
• Questions and Answers: Access to Electronic Information, Services, and Networks: An Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights (page 262)
• Citizens Internet Empowerment Coalition (page 262)
• Internet Censorship (page 262)
• Technology and Freedom: Welcome (page 263)

There are a number of programs that can be installed on a computer to restrict the material that can be accessed on the World Wide Web. The programs work with lists of Web and ways of describing the content of Web pages to filter material. One source of information about these programs and related topics is PEDINFO Parental Control of Internet Access.

The culture of the Internet has fostered personal rights and liberties, so some argue it's content ought not be restricted or censored. There are laws banning or restricting pornography; some countries have more stringent laws than others and some laws restrict the distribution of the material.

For more material on these topics see

• The Cyberporn Debate
• Internet Censorship, from EPIC
• The Center for Democracy and Technology
• Voters Telecommunication Watch

• Join the Fight Against Spam! (page 263)
• Get that spammer! (page 264)
• Join the Fight Against Spam! (page 272)

The right to copy or duplicate materials can be granted only by the owners of the information. This is called the copyright.

Many documents on the Internet contain a statement that asserts the document is copyrighted and gives permission for distributing the document in an electronic form, provided it isn't sold or made part of some commercial venture. Even items that don't contain these statements are protected by the copyright laws of the United States, the Universal Copyright Convention, or the Berne Union.

Most of the copyright conventions or statutes include a provision so that individuals may make copies of portions of a document for short-term use. That certainly doesn't mean you can copy images or documents and make them available on the Internet, or make copies and share them in a printed form with others. Quite naturally, many of the folks who create or work at providing material available on the Internet, expect to get credit and be paid for their work.

Some links to information about copyright and intellectual property:

• U.S. Copyright Office, Circular 1 "Copyright Basics" (page 265)
• Copyright Law of the United States of America
• Information Policy: Copyright and Intellectual Property Resources (page 265)
• The Copyright Website, Benedict O'Mahoney
• The Intellectual Property Law Server, George A. Wowk
• 10 Big Myths About Copyright Explained, Brad Templeton

• CERT® Coordination Center (page 266)
• CIAC Security Website (page 266)
• FIRST Team Contact Information (page 266)
• V-ONE Electronic Security University (page 267)
• Anti-Virus Web Sites (page 267)

• Americans in the Information Age Falling Through the Net, a report of the Nstionsl Telecommunications and Information Agency
• Tech Law Journal "News, records, and analysis of legislation, litigation, and regulation affecting the computer and Internet industry"
• Privacy & Anonymity on the Internet FAQ (1 of 3) (page 267)
• Street Smart on the Web (page 268)
• Acceptable and Appropriate Use from Tenet (page 270)
• Netiquette Home Page (page 270)
• EFFweb - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (page 271)
• EFF "Top Level" Archive (page 271)
• Electronic Privacy Information Center (page 271)
• CPSR Home Page (page 271)
• Antivirus Home Page (page 272)
• Frequently Asked Questions on Virus-L/comp.virus (page 272)
• antivirus online: Only YOU can prevent computer virus infections (page 272)
• Data Fellows World-Wide Web Server Main Index (page 272)
• E-mail Privacy (page 273)