Nowadays it seems that everyone is talking about it and lots of people are doing it--e-commerce, that is. According to the Computer Currents High-Tech online dictionary, e-commerce is "the use of computers and electronic communications in business transactions. E-commerce may include the use of electronic data interchange (EDI), electronic money exchange, Internet advertising, Web sites, online databases, computer networks, and point-of-sale (POS) computer systems." To find out more about e-commerce, visit the eCommerce Info Center, at www.ecominfocenter.com/
services/emerchants/legal.html, which includes a comprehensive database of articles, cases, and news regarding e-commerce legal issues. (The E-Commerce Project at www.uni-muenster.de/Jurlink/ecp is no longer available.) Several organizations contribute to the database. For current and archival articles on e-commerce, visit sites such as www.internetnews.com/ec-news. To keep up with the latest information regarding e-commerce law, visit the United States Government Electronic Commerce Policy site at www.ecommerce.gov. If you're thinking about setting up your own e-commerce site, be sure to check out The Internet Marketing Center at sellitontheweb.com/ezine/features.shtml and link to e-commerce 101 and other marketing resources. You should also read about and compare the features of various e-commerce enabled Web sites offered by Internet hosting services such as Yahoo (store.yahoo.com/vw/feat.html) and Hiway Technologies (www.hiway.com/commerce).