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Topic 5 – Explain the advantages and disadvantages to a content producer of making their materials freely available online
On 6 August 1991, the web became publicly available. During that period, the web only provided screens full of text, usually in one font and font size. Electric mailing list were a popular method for distributing longer strings of texts like articles to people then. However, with technology advancing rapidly and web maturing, contents are being offered and retrieved in digital formats online rather than through physical volumes.
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