AN EMERGING CONSENSUS?
Business leaders were by no means universally opposed to regulations. In fact, regulation in some areas was often strongly encouraged by businesses and industry groups as a way of clarifying rules and processes and removing ambivalence about the path of e-commerce. One of the overriding concerns driving regulatory efforts was the need to level all playing fields in order to allow for the greatest and fairest proliferation of e-commerce. The players driving e-commerce also took into consideration that a completely unregulated commercial cyberspace environment would erode consumer confidence and damage the development of e-commerce. By the early 2000s, most business leaders, governments, and other policy makers recognized the economic importance and opportunities of e-commerce, and were not willing to risk damaging its prospects, thus opting for a pragmatic regulatory environment. Nonetheless, the tension was far from resolved.
FURTHER READING:
Allan, Alex. "The e-Business of the House." Director, September 2000.
Banham, Russ, and Charles Wesley Orton. "A Taxing Problem." World Trade, June 2000.
Jarvis, Steve. "FTC Report is Net Security 'Wish List."' Marketing News, November 20, 2000.
Kennedy, Gabriela. "China Rushes to Catch Up With the Internet." International Financial Law Review, July 2000.
——. "e-Commerce: The Taming of the Internet in China." China Business Review, July/August 2000.
L'Hoest, Raphael. "The European Dimension of the Digital Economy." Intereconomics, January/February 2001.
Litan, Robert E. "The Internet Economy." Foreign Policy, March/April 2001.
"Leaders: Regulating the Internet." Economist, June 10, 2000, 18.
McGraw, Harold III. "Monetizing Digital Content." Executive Speeches, February/March 2001, 26.
Patel, Ajay, and Allison Lindley. "Resolving Online Disputes: Not Worth the Bother?" Consumer Policy Review, January/February 2001.
Lynch, Grahame. "Nationalizing the 'Net." America's Network, July 1, 2000.
Piazza, Peter. "Companies Steer Toward a Safe Harbor." Security Management, February 2001.
Prem, Richard, Ned Maguire, and Jeff Clegg. "United States." International Tax Review, September 1999.
Sinrod, Eric J. "Looking for a Cyberlaw Legacy." Computer-world, March 5, 2001.
Thompson, Bill. "Meet the Regulators." New Statesman, July 10, 2000.
SEE ALSO: Computer Crime; Dispute Resolution; European Commission's Directive on Data Privacy; ICANN; Internet Society (ISOC); Internet Tax Freedom Act; Legal Issues, Overview of; Privacy: Issues, Policies, Statements; Safe Harbor Privacy Framework; Taxation and the Internet; World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO); World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
User Comments Add a comment…