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COMPANIES INFORMATION/ ADVICES

- "Which Products Sell Best Online?"
The E-Commerce Times Small Business Advisor brings time-proven strategies that are working for others ...
From E-commerce Times, March 2000


RESEARCH CENTERS

- Anonymous Communications on the Internet
A study of Internet anonymity and pseudonymity being conducted by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

- Beyond Concern: Understanding Net Users' Attitudes About Online Privacy
The AT&T Labs-led research study suggests that a variety of approaches may be needed to make people feel secure about the privacy of their personal information on the Internet.
A study published in April 1999.

- UCLA Online Institute for Cyberspace Law and Policy

- "Development of Surveillance Technology and Risk of Abuse of Economic Information"
1999 working document of the Scientific and Technological Options Assessment (STOA) Panel of the European Parliament. Subject : communications intelligence and surveillance issues.

- Center for Democracy and Technology

- Center for Research in Electronic Commerce, University of Texas


GOVERNMENTS

A/ USA

- US securities and Exchange Commission
The Commission aims to protect investors and to maintain the integrity of the securities markets.

- Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce
This Commission was created by the U.S. Congress to study US and international taxation and tariffs on transactions using the Internet and Internet access.

- Internet Tax Freedom Act
This is the title of the law enacted in October 1998 to keep the heavy hand of government off the Internet.
From Representative Christopher Cox.

- U.S. Federal Trade Commission
The authority to impose sanctions on companies that violate data-privacy rules in the USA.

- The U.S. Commerce Department
Tracking of self-regulating companies.

B/ European Union

Scientific and Technological Options Assessment (STOA)
Although STOA is an official organ of the European Parliament, and therefore an internal unit, it commissions its assessment studies from external experts.
These are individual researchers, research institutes or laboratories, to whom contracts are given to prepare specific studies.
STOA also organises meetings at which Members of Parliament and invited scientific experts can jointly participate in the analysis of current issues.


INTERNET LAW / INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

A/ Internet Law

- Jurist / Cyberspace Law
New developments in cyberspace law; latest stories on cyberspace law and politics; recent U.S. Internet legislation, ...


B/ Copyright and Intellectual Property

- "What is Copyright Protection?"
A report regarding copyright protection in general and as applied to the internet.
From the Business Network Services, 1998

- "The Digital Dilemma: Intellectual Property in the Information Age"
A report of the National Research Council

- American Committee for Interoperable Systems
Policies and principles of intellectual property law that provide a balance between rewards for innovation and the belief that computer systems must be interoperable.

- Copyright Resources on the Internet
Resource for locating copyright and fair use information on the internet.
Report on the debate over copyright in the digital age, with information on the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

- Intellectual Property On The Web
Primer on the law and related topics.
From North Carolina State University, 2000

- "Property and Contract on the Internet"
William W. Fisher III, Harvard Law School, May 1999