1996年2月8日克林顿总统签署批准了新的通讯法案。美国国会对该法案经过了10年的讨论方才通过。法案的最重要点是解除了政府设置在电话、广播、卫星通讯和有线电视工业之间的“屏障”,允许相互竞争。无疑这将对信息产业的结构产生深刻的影响。21世纪的经济将是以信息为中心的所谓“信息经济”。而信息产 February 8, 1996 President Bill Clinton approved the new communications act. The U.S. Congress passed the 10-year discussion on the bill. The most important point of the bill is to lift the government’s “barrier” between the telephone, radio, satellite communications and cable industries, allowing for competition. This will undoubtedly have a profound impact on the structure of the information industry. The 21st century economy will be the information-centric so-called “information economy.” Information production