21.   Content providers need this legal back-up to stay one step ahead of cyber-pirates seeking to plunder valuable copyrighted material, he explained.

22.   Content providers offer hefty fees to be featured on AOL.

23.   Content providers want Congress to set a deadline for new digital copyright standards to be negotiated by private industry.

24.   Content providers, meanwhile, would have an incentive to provide better quality information.

25.   Content providers disagree.

26.   Content providers for sports abound, but New York-based FOXSports.com and ESPN.com are the apparent leaders in providing sports channels for hand-held computer users.

27.   Content providers like Cnet.

28.   Cox Communications originally invested in AtHome to have a content provider that took advantage of the features high-speed Internet access allows.

29.   Creative Artists has agreed to bring content providers and Hollywood stars to the venture.

30.   Corcoran said companies like ExciteAtHome want to partner with as many content providers as possible to drive people to their sites.