In Spite of the Issues . . .
Copyright and Fair Use
Privacy
Free Speech
Decency
Liability
Economics
The internet is good
For teaching
source material
and more source material
simple syllabi
student projects
For research
publishing results
finding secondary literature
library access
dissertations
For collaboration
in disciplinary communities
in distributed workgroups
using the Web as an editing tool
For all kinds of non-academic purposes
Community Networking
Legal Information
Government Information
and tools
Search Engines
People Finders
Maps
Image Finders
Currency Converters
and
Translation
For More than Shopping