ClariNet began publishing the news of UPI and Newsbytes and other typical newspaper wire sources.
[8] ClariNet was a plaintiff/appellant in the United States Supreme Court case Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union.
ClariNet's CEO testified that the Communications Decency Act created a chilling effect for online publishers.
[10] In 1992 ClariNet announced a subscription "all you can read" book service for Science Fiction readers called the "Library of Tomorrow.
With 5 full novels (most still only available in hardcover) ClariNet claimed this was the largest anthology or e-Book of current fiction published under one cover.