• About.com guide to eCommerce
  About.com provides and extensive range of topics on how to start and run an electronic commerce site. You will find tutorials, software reviews, glossaries, research, forums, and marketing ideas. They also include a list of relevant articles that cover everything you need to know about ecommerce.
  http://ecommerce.about.com/smallbusiness/ecommerce/

• eBusinessforum.com
  The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) is an electronic publisher, delivering business analysis and news. Their Web site provides analysis of new business models, case studies to benchmark your company's digital strategy, timely briefings on the latest innovations in eBusiness worldwide, and country-by-country assessments to help your company recognize eBusiness opportunities around the globe.
  http://www.ebusinessforum.com/

• eCommerce.gov
  The United States Department of Commerce maintains this portal for Electronic Commerce Policy. Sections include: Framework for Global Electronic Commerce; (2) Important U.S. Documents on Electronic Commerce Policy; (3) U.S. Government Sites; (4) International Sites; (5) Related Sites on Electronic Commerce Policy; (6) Examples of Electronic Commerce; (7) Previous Documents; and (8) Department of Commerce.
  http://www.ecommerce.gov/

• eCommerce A to Z
  A publication provided by Brown & Bain, P.A. that is a comprehensive guide to legal issues as they apply to running an eCommerce company.
  http://www.brownbain.com/ecommerce.asp

• eCommerce Guide
  Internet.com's online guide offers a vast amount of news, reviews, tips, articles, libraries, downloads, discussion lists, discussion forums, and free newsletters. You will find information on marketing, research, business strategy, and many other resources for your eBusiness.
  http://ecommerce.internet.com/

• eCommerce Info Center
  This site offers more than 40,000 links to helpful resources for the eBusiness owner. Users can search services, products, technologies, small biz, B2B, government, global, and nonprofit information pertaining to eCommerce.
  http://www.ecominfocenter.com/

• eCommerce Today
  E-Commerce Today is Australia's weekly eCommerce news service and monthly magazine, reporting specifically on trends and major developments in e-commerce in Australia. Subscription to the site is optional, but they offer free resources such as E-Commerce Legal Briefings, Business Guides, Book Reviews and a Business Ticker.
  http://www.ecommercetoday.com.au/

• eCommerce on ZDNET.com
  ZDNET.com is one of the largest portals for eCommerce news, reviews, products, companies, information, and resources on the Internet. Users can sign up for the free eCommerce Newsletter that features news, analysis, and trends in the field of business and technology. Sections include: Stay Ahead of eCommerce; (2) Get Help with eCommerce; (3) Find eCommerce; (4) Downloads; (5) Buy eCommerce Products; (6) Research eCommerce; (7) Learn About eCommerce; and (8) eCommerce Job Center.
  http://www.zdnet.com/ecommerce/
  http://www.zdnet.com/ecommerce/filters/sublanding/0,10385,6008808,00.html

• eMarketer eReports
  eMarketer's eReports provides e-business statistics, articles, market projections and analytical commentaries covering every topic from eAdvertising to Wireless. eMarketer also features the eStat Database, a compilation of up-to-date internet and e-business statistics in the world.
  http://www.emarketer.com/

• eCommerce on ZDNET.com
  ZDNET.com is one of the largest portals for eCommerce news, reviews, products, companies, information, and resources on the Internet. Users can sign up for the free eCommerce Newsletter that features news, analysis, and trends in the field of business and technology. Sections include: Stay Ahead of eCommerce; (2) Get Help with eCommerce; (3) Find eCommerce; (4) Downloads; (5) Buy eCommerce Products; (6) Research eCommerce; (7) Learn About eCommerce; and (8) eCommerce Job Center.
  http://www.zdnet.com/ecommerce/

• General Business & eCommerce Portal
  This site provides a directory with the following categories: Associations; (2) Consultants; (3) Developers; (4) Education; (5) Employment; (6) Legal Information; (7) Marketing; (8) Marketplaces; (9) Order Fulfillment; (10) Payment Systems; (11) Publications and Media; (12) Regional; (13) Services; (14) Software; (15) Standards and Protocol; (16) Strategy; and (17) Technology Vendors.
  http://www.ebiztechnet.com/cgi-bin/links/links.pl?passurl=/Business/E-Commerce/

• IBM eBusiness Center
  IBM is a leader in the creation, development and manufacture of the industry's most advanced information technologies, including computer systems, software, networking systems, storage devices and microelectronics. The eBusiness center provides eCommerce news, resources, tools, and solutions to users.
  http://www-3.ibm.com/e-business/index.jsp

• NorthernLight eCommerce
  NorthernLight is a search engine that includes topics covering Electronic Commerce and related topics. Sections include: News; (2) Electronic Commerce Resources; (3) eCommerce Organizations; (4) eCommerce Government and Standards Information; (5) eCommerce Technology; (6) eCommerce Technology; and (7) eCommerce Online Shopping and Consumer Confidence.
  http://special.northernlight.com/ecommerce/index.html

• ABA Committee On The Law of Cyberspace
  The Committee on the Law of Cyberspace (CLC) Web Site provides a forum for the business lawyer seeking to address the global challenges resulting from the use of networks to conduct business transactions. The CLC addresses the increasingly complex agenda of issues emerging from the issues of electronic commerce, infrastructure and information technologies.
  http://www.abanet.org/buslaw/cyber

• Legislative Reporters
  The Committee's Legislative Reporters post monthly papers on the status of key legislative initiatives affecting cyberspace. Topics include: Electronic Signatures; Broadband Internet Access; Tax; Privacy; Consumer Protection; Encryption; H-1B Visas; Export Controls; Internet Governance; Database Protection; Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA); ASB/High-Tech Industry; Unsolicited Electronic Mail Act Of 2000 Junk E-Mail; and Antitrust/E-Marketplaces.
  http://www.abanet.org/buslaw/cyber/legislation/legislation.html

• Electronic Commerce Division
  The Electronic Commerce Division Home Page of the ABA's Section of Science and Technology Law lists resources addressing developing issues of electronic commerce. The Electronic Commerce Division has worked closely with major business and governmental entities and has affected and encouraged the growth of both domestic and international electronic commerce. This home page includes: Information Security Committee; Electronic Commerce Payment Committee; CyberNotary Committee; E-Privacy Law; and Judicial EDI Committee (Electronic Filing Committee).
  http://www.abanet.org/scitech/ec/home.html

• BitLaw
  This Web site, from the intellectual property law firm of Beck & Tysver, is a comprehensive Internet resource on technology law, containing more than 1,800 pages on patent, copyright, trademark, and Internet legal issues.
  http://www.bitlaw.com

• BusinessPowerLaw.com
  BusinessPowerLaw.com is a free law guide for internet business owners. The site's business law page answers legal questions, presents various legal issues, and highlights critical business law issues impacting your eCommerce site. BusinessPowerLaw.com is a service of Business Power Zone, Inc.
  http://www.businesspowerlaw.com/internet.html

• Canadian Electronic Commerce Law
  The Department of Justice of the Canadian Government releases consultation papers, reports and news in the area of electronic commerce. The Department is working to establish a legal framework that will give Canadians security and confidence to use the Internet as a place to communicate and to do business, and to facilitate electronic commerce nationally and internationally in a secure environment.
  http://canada.justice.gc.ca/en/ps/ec/index.html

• Center For Democracy and Technology (CDT)
  The Center for Democracy and Technology provides expertise in law, technology, and policy. CDT researches trends of the internet and other new communications media. Sections include: Free Speech; Data Privacy; Government Surveillance; Cryptography; Domain Names; International; and Legislation.
  http://www.cdt.org

• Cyberlaw Encyclopedia
  The Law Firm of Mann & Gahtan, LLP, a firm specializing in Technology and eCommerce Law, maintains this resource for eCommerce, Internet, and cyberlaw links covering legal issues such as trademarks, patents, computer law, online contracts, linking, domain names, privacy, disclaimers, encryption, spamming, employee email, and much more.
  http://www.gahtan.com/cyberlaw

• eCommerce and the European Union
  The Electronic Commerce team is a knowledge-based team of experts that provides research and development resources to keep Europe at the forefront of the global digital economy. Their site includes law and commerce links that are a comprehensive collection of legal aspects of eCommerce.
  http://europa.eu.int/ISPO/ecommerce/legal/legal.html

• eCommerce Law Source.Com
  E-Commerce Law Source.Com is a complete global resource and guide to Electronic Commerce Law and Taxation. Additionally, they include an extensive index of internet law links that provides a complete reference source to the more general law of cyberspace.
  http://www.e-commercelawsource.com

• Electronic Commerce and Internet Law Resource Center
  Perkins Coie, LLP maintains this Web site of Internet eCommerce resources covering legal issues such as: Certification Authorities; Electronic Authentication; Encryption/Cryptography; Jurisdiction; Privacy; and Content. They publish a helpful Technology and Emerging Companies capabilities brochure and several eCommerce and Internet law articles.
  http://www.perkinscoie.com/resource/ecomm/ecomm.htm

• Electronic Commerce and the Law
  BNA is the foremost publisher of print and electronic news, analysis, and reference products, providing intensive coverage of legal and regulatory development. This site features references pertaining to the laws of electronic commerce and all relevant practice areas, including contracting, privacy, intellectual property protection, and taxation. The site is a subscriber-only Web site.
  http://www.bna.com/

• Electronic Commerce: Building the Legal Framework
  This site features a report entitled ï߀Electronic Commerce: Building the Legal Frameworkïß±, which are recommendations to the Government of Australia on the nature and scope of potential legislation to support and encourage electronic commerce.
  http://law.gov.au/aghome/advisory/eceg/ecegreport.html

• Electronic Contracting
  The Net Academy has established an electronic commerce journal and online resource with editorial capacity for Asia, Europe, and the Americas. This page provides an archive of articles on international electronic contracting.
  http://www.electronicmarkets.org/netacademy/publications.nsf/all_pk/929

• Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
  EFF, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, is a non-profit, non-partisan organization working in the public interest to protect fundamental civil liberties, including privacy and freedom of expression, in the arena of computers and the Internet. The organization hosts frequent educational events, engages the press regularly, and publishes a comprehensive archive of digital civil liberties information.
  http://www.eff.org

• Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
  EPIC is a public interest research center in Washington D.C. EPIC focuses on emerging civil liberties issues in the U.S. It also works to protect privacy, the First Amendment, and constitutional values. EPIC works in association with the Global Internet Liberty Campaign, the Internet Free Expression Alliance, and the Internet Privacy Coalition.
  http://www.epic.org

• Enforceability of Electronic Contracts
  This online reference guide, published by the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers as a public service, is a comprehensive list of links on enforceable electronic contracting in Canada.
  http://www.gasedi.ca/continca/elecenforc/enrefmatls/0index.html

• GigaLaw.com
  GigaLaw.com is a collection of legal information for Internet professionals. Browse this site for articles from high-tech lawyers about basic and cutting-edge legal issues; discuss the law with them; study the actual cases shaping Internet law today; stay up-to-date on the latest technology legal news; read interviews with some important technology law authors; and much more.
  http://www.gigalaw.com

• GNU Public License
  This is a sample license agreement for distributing software. Using the GNU GPL will require that all the released improved versions be free software. Consequently, you avoid the risk of having to compete with a proprietary modified version of your own work.
  http://www.gnu.ai.mit.edu/copyleft/gpl.html

• The Information Economy
  This is a sample license agreement for distributing software. Using the GNU GPL will require that all the released improved versions be free software. Consequently, you avoid the risk of having to compete with a proprietary modified version of your own work.
  http://www.gnu.ai.mit.edu/copyleft/gpl.html

• Internet.com Legal Issues
  Internet.comïß‚s collection of articles pertaining to legal issues contains topics such as Web Reference articles, electronic publishing risks, Intellectual (Copyright, Patent, Trademark) Property and links to other law related Web sites.
  http://www.webreference.com/internet/legal.html

• Internet Contracts and Licenses
  WWW Multimedia Law publishes this legal information repository for developers, publishers, and advertisers who are conducting business on the Internet. The Internet Law and Business Handbook includes 15 sample contracts that you can access from their site.
  http://www.oikoumene.com

• Internet Law and Policy Forum
  The Internet Law and Policy Forum is an international non-profit organization that researches the global growth of electronic commerce and communications. This Web site provides a discussion for legal and policy issues relating to the internet.
  http://www.ilpf.org

• Legal Issues
  This Web page focuses primarily on copyright, linking, domain, and trademark issues. You will also find many references under electronic commerce legal issues, which highlights laws affecting online transactions.
  http://www.wilsonweb.com/webmarket/law.htm

• Software Industry Issues
  The Software Industry Issues Web site offers this page of resources on issues affecting the software industry, with pending legislation, government documents, legislative commentary, pending and recent regulatory changes, and related articles.
  http://www.softwareindustry.org/issues/0sii-ec.html

• Taxation of Internet Commerce
  This Web site features articles on tax issues, electronic commerce, Internet business, and technical commentary on taxation in the UK and worldwide.
  http://www.e-tax.org.uk/

• UCITA
  The Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA) is a uniform commercial code for software licenses and other computer information transactions. UCITA ïßÆs online guide contains information on legal rules applicable to contracts and many more resources for the software industry.
  http://www.ucitaonline.com/

• Uniform Electronic Transactions Act
  Visit this site to view the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (UETA), which was drafted by the National Conference of Commissioners of Uniform State Laws. They host a forum for lawyers and non-lawyers who wish to follow or comment on the draft.
  http://www.uetaonline.com/index.html

• United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)
  The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) provides links to laws related to trade law and eCommerce law. They also offer links to other governmental and non-governmental organizations.
  http://www.uncitral.org/en-index.htm

• WTO Electronic Commerce
  The World Trade Organization's program of work and activities concerning electronic commerce. Browse this page for information regarding the organizationïß‚s policies as they have been examined by the Goods, Services and TRIPS (intellectual property) Councils, and the Trade and Development Committee.
  http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/ecom_e/ecom_e.htm

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