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Online Security: Private Sector Lags Behind Public (Jun 2001)
Everyone has seen the weekly headlines about Internet security breaches, attacks on websites, and information pilfering. Many companies discount the risk of such activities, assuming either that they are adequately protected, or that the attackers themselves simply lack any reason to target them. Neither assumption is a safe one, and the federal government may be ahead of the private sector in figuring this out.
September, 2002
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Maintaining Online Privacy During the War on Terrorism (Nov 2001)
In the aftermath of the despicable terrorist attacks of September 11, the federal government moved quickly to propose legislation which would expand its authority to track certain types of information in connection with anti-terrorist investigations. Of course, in the Internet era, a major component of such expanded powers necessarily would relate to online activities. The prospect of increased monitoring quickly raises concerns among civil libertarians, businesses, and individuals alike. What will these mean for online business?
September, 2002
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Internet Tax Moratorium in Jeopardy (Dec 2001)
A long-term policy for the tax treatment to be applied to online transactions continues to elude federal legislators. Leaders in Congress are scrambling to give themselves, and the states, more time to reach a consensus. The House Judiciary Committee introduced a tax moratorium extension measure, which would extend the ban on placing duplicative or discriminatory taxes on Internet services for two years. A similar two-year extension has been proposed in the Senate, where a compromise eight-month extension was rejected just days before the end date for the original tax moratorium. With that rejection, the moratorium expired on October 21, 2001.
September, 2002
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Net Moves Toward Self-Regulation of Content (Dec 2001)
Website operators are constantly faced with a myriad of content regulation issues in the conduct of their business. One key issue has been whether the industry will yield to external, governmental regulation, or if it will devise a means of self-regulation. Approximately a year ago, a not-for-profit organization based in the U.K. announced a refined version of its Internet rating system, designed to help identify website content in a behind-the-scenes manner.
September, 2002
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Domain Name Disputes: Pick Your Battles…and Your Battleground (Jan 2002)
Domain name registrants and trademark holders seeking a forum in which to wage a domain name dispute have only a few options. In late 1999, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) created a domain name dispute resolution system, and already more than 5,000 complaints have been filed by trademark holders seeking to gain control of domain names which they believe infringed their rights. This system, the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP), provides for neutral third party arbitrators to preside over such disputes. However, these non-judicial proceedings may be biased in favor of trademark holders, and such decisions remain subject to review in the courts.
September, 2002
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E-Commerce Update: Sales and Satisfaction on the Rise (Mar 2002)
Despite an economic recession and the tragedy of September 11, the analysis of last holiday seasonâs ecommerce performance is encouraging. Total sales revealed modest but encouraging gains, and consumer surveys revealed growing satisfaction with service levels provided by emerchants. As the net economy rebuilds itself in 2002, the forecast looks only partly cloudy, and there is cause for optimism in the days ahead.
September, 2002
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Preventing Domain Name Registrations From Lapsing (Mar 2002)
Domain name registrants are well aware of the issue of cybersquatting, which is the practice of registering a domain name for the purpose of extracting a fee from the "rightful" owner in exchange for its transfer. Another peril poses a more persistent, if less controversial, risk. That peril is that a valid domain name simply may lapse and become generally available, possibly without the registrant's knowledge.
September, 2002
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Lawyers Versus Spammers (Apr 2002)
Bulk commercial email has become a common practice in business promotion. For the senders, the practice is a quick and inexpensive means of reaching a large audience. For the recipients, "spam" is almost always an intrusion and a nuisance. Legislators in many states have responded to the public outcry with laws designed to bring some accountability to the spammers and some recourse for the recipients. In California, the bounds of the anti-spamming law may soon be tested in court.
September, 2002
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O Broadband, Where Art Thou? (May 2002)
For several years now, we have been told that widespread adoption by consumers of broadband Internet access is on the horizon, but that horizon never seems to draw closer. Broadband services are available to more than half of the population of the United States, and yet less than ten percent are subscribers. When can the Internet business world expect to see its user base embrace broadband?
September, 2002
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Issues Facing First Time Software Exporters (May 2002)
If your company has sold its software primarily within the United States but seeks to expand distribution overseas, there are a number of threshold questions to consider and some legal obstacles through which to navigate. Following is a brief summary of some of the relevant considerations, but each point raised should be investigated in detail prior to committing time and resources to plans for software export.
September, 2002
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Click-Through Contracts: How to Make Them Stick (Sep 2001)
A "Click-Through" agreement is any legal document contained within computer software, whether online or offline, by which the vendor seeks to enter into a binding contract with the user of that website or software. Instead of scribbling your "John Hancock," you click a button, check a box, or otherwise indicate your electronic assent. As a relatively new form of contracting, these electronic agreements have created a dilemma for lawmakers and have resulted in several lawsuits. For the vendor, creating an enforceable agreement requires familiarity with these decisions to see what works, and what does not.
September, 2002
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Top 100 e-Automobile Dealers for 2001 (May 2002)
In April 2002, PRIMEDIA's Ward's Dealer Business announced its second annual ranking of the top 100 U.S. e-dealers, who accounted for more than 80,000 online vehicle sales in 2001. The 2001 e-dealers sold almost 20,000 more vehicles online than in 2000, according to Ward's Dealer Business.
September, 2002
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Online Retail Sales Show Steady Growth (May 2002)
According to BizRate.com, 1Q02 revealed year-over-year online retail sales gains of 41.1% to $11.60 billion versus $8.22 billion 1Q01.
September, 2002
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Online Interaction Between Patient and Physician (May 2002)
Currently very few people communicate with their physicians online, and most physicians have serious reservations about giving patients their email addresses because (as earlier Harris Interactive research has shown) of concerns about reimbursement, privacy of patient information, and potential malpractice liability.
September, 2002
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DoubleClick Gross Margins Improve 1Q02 (May 2002)
DoubleClick reported revenue of $83.7 million for 1Q02. Gross margins improved over 500 basis points versus first quarter 2001 to 61.7%. GAAP net loss was ($6.0) million and GAAP EPS was ($0.04) within the range of pro forma EPS guidance provided by the company. Exclusive of certain non-cash and non-recurring items, pro forma net income was $1.4 million for the first quarter with pro forma EPS of $0.01. This is the first time in the company's history that it has reported pro forma profitability in its first quarter.
September, 2002
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