" Richard S. Vermut, File Caching on the Internet: Technical Infringement or Safeguard for Efficient Network Operation?": Detailed article discussing both copyright and bandwidth issues involving caching, as well as a technological discussion of how caching works.

" Eric Schlachter, The Intellectual Property Renaissance in Cyberspace: Why Copyright Law Could Be Unimportant on the Internet.": In-depth article discussing Internet copyright issues, and relating them to technological, sociological, and economic concerns.

" David S. Hilzenrath, Online Publishers Wage a Battle Over Frame and Fortune.": Short article. First reviews framing, then discusses ISP caching and problems with stale pages.

"Christopher Wolf, ’Net Users Could Face IP Liability.": Short article discussing copyright issues raised by caching and fair use defenses by computer users.

Advanced Computer Services of Michigan, Inc. v. MAI Systems Corp.. 845 F. Supp. 356 (E.D. Va. 1994): Software loaded into RAM is a fixed copy subject to the Copyright Act, even though it disappears when the computer is turned off.

MAI Systems Corp. v. Peak Computer, Inc., 991 F.2d 511 (9^th Circ. 1993): Copying for purposes of copyright law occurs when computer program is transferred from permanent storage device to computer's RAM.

 http://vancouver-webpages.com/CacheNow/: Page designed to inform about the benefits of proxy caching

http://www.cacheflow.com/ Company providing caching services to decrease wait time on the internet

 http://excalibur.usc.edu/: Site offering caching services for overloaded servers

 http://ircache.nlanr.net/Cache/: Site for organization funded by NSF and Digital to research caching as a means to dealing with bandwidth scarcity and scalability problems on the internet

http://www.mwso.com/eng/nsce1.htm: Ordering page for products that allow users to explore all cached Web pages for Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer, saving access time and money if user’s ISP meters access time or if dial-up is a long-distance call

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