Category «E-Commerce»

Publishers Express Continued Concerns With Google Print for Libraries Program

From BusinessWeek.com, A Google Project Pains Publishers – The major presses are raising thorny legal issues with the search giant’s initiative to digitize the books of the world’s great libraries. “In [this] letter, the Association of American University Presses’ Peter Givler takes issue with Google’s Print for Libraries program.” [Link] See also related postings on …

Subjects: Copyright, E-Commerce, Libraries, Search Engines

Launch of New Job Search Engine

From the Work.com Blog: “Business.com, the leading business-focused search engine and directory has launched Work.com, the only job search engine dedicated to directly connecting job seekers with premium employers. Work.com is the company’s latest offering and provides an easy-to-use, customizable interface that gives job seekers the ability to refine and filter job results with one …

Subjects: E-Commerce

NY AG Sues Net Marketer For Installing Spyware on Millions of PCs

Press release: “Attorney General Eliot Spitzer today sued one of the nation’s leading internet marketing companies, alleging that the firm was the source of “spyware” and “adware” that has been secretly installed on millions of home computers. The suit against Los Angeles-based Intermix Media, Inc. is the most sweeping case to date involving programs that …

Subjects: Cybercrime, E-Commerce, Privacy

Future of Free Access to Net Weather Data In Jeopardy From Proposed Legislation

Press release, April 14, 2005: U.S. Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA), Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, today introduced the National Weather Services Duties Act of 2005 (S. 786) to clarify the duties and responsibilities of the National Weather Service (NWS) within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). from the text of the bill: …The …

Subjects: Congress, E-Commerce, E-Government, Internet

Commentary Proposes Ways to Regulate Internet Related Activity

The Promise of Internet Intermediary Liability, by Ronald J. Mann and Seth R. Belzley, William and Mary Law Review, Vol. 47, October 2005. “This Essay starts from the realist assumption that government regulation of the internet is inevitable. Thus, instead of focusing on the naïve question of whether the internet should be regulated, it discusses …

Subjects: E-Commerce, E-Government, Internet

Launch of Expansive New Shopping Engine

Become.com Goes Live with Web’s Largest Search Engine for U.S. Shopping Information [Link] “…a search engine that helps people find product reviews and relevant buying information, today announced the launch of a new 3.2 billion page shopping index, registration-free access to its search engine, and the introduction of product-focused spell checking.”

Subjects: E-Commerce, Search Engines