But as with any aspect of the Internet, the Web is much more than a mere electronic reproduction of the conventional media.
Yet, electronic reproductions of real, three-dimensional space, however exciting, are not in themselves the new form of space that cyberspace represents.
You've got to deal with people, not electronic reproductions.
Electrically powered phonographs were introduced c. 1930, but crystal pickups and electronic reproduction did not become common until the late 1930s.
The paintings of the great masters, it is said, will be available throughout in flawless electronic reproductions.
Libraries and book collecting in the age of electronic reproduction.
There was delight in that feminine voice no electronic reproduction could conceal.
The effect could have been even more striking if the electronic reproduction had closely matched the sound of the live piano, though neither was ideal in this dry acoustical setting.
The cardinal point is that no electronic reproduction, in the usual sense, is involved.
This is the work of art in the age of electronic reproduction - and it is just a precursor to what comes later.