Class Objectives

1. Tentative guest speaker from EDS on ecommerce tax policy.

2. Update on digital copyright as a result of the Napster court decision.  Updates on other issues.

3. Discuss ideas for maintaining and improving this course.
 
 

Background Preparation
 

Ecommerce Tax Policy

• Review references at www.willyancey.com/smu-ecat-tax.htm and www.willyancey.com/ecom.htm#tax

Update on digital copyright

(Congratulations to Brian Nutzman for last week's presentation on valuing digital copyright - a few days before the Napster court decision was announced.  Thanks to Krishna Velaga for suggesting some of these links.)

• Review online articles about digital copyright.
• "Napster shutdown seen as potential boon for competitors", at  www.cnn.com/2000/LAW/07/27/napster.backlash/index.html
• "Judge shuts down Napster", at www.msnbc.com/news/437532.asp
• "Victory for record industry", at www.nytimes.com/library/tech/yr/mo/biztech/articles/27music.html
• "Napster loses key ruling", at www.thestreet.com/markets/hotnews/1016853.html
• "Napster: Not Just for the Music", at www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,37874,00.html
• "Killing the Killer App", at www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17173,00.html
• Napster web site at www.napster.com
• Stopnapster at www.stopnapster.com

Update on retail ecommerce
 

(Thanks to Chip Miller for suggesting some of these issues.)

• Federal Trade Commission, "Seven Internet Retailers Settle FTC Charges Over Shipping Delays During 1999 Holiday Season", at www.ftc.gov/opa/2000/07/toolate.htm
• "Federal Trade Commission Issues Report on Online Profiling" at www.ftc.gov/opa/2000/07/onlineprofiling.htm

Tentative Guest Presentation

speaker from EDS discussing ecommerce tax policy