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COMPETITION AND COLLABORATION IN

E-COMMERCE

2005 Abstract

E-commerce and dotcom companies have changed the way businesses conducted in internet era . In 2000 alone , according to one report , the electronic commerce recorded the annual volume estimated to be between 100 billion and 200 billion (Litan 2000

The huge number soon encourages more and more startups to open their online stores while generating revenue from it . However , protecting information and content has not received enough attention

Concerning security issue , in this , we will elaborate the impact of security on e-commerce . There are

two methods that will be discussed encryption and watermarking . The discussion is based on the fact that currently we only know encryption technologies that have gained increasing prominence in the protection of sensitive data transmission over computer networks . In fact , nowadays , only digital watermarking has the potential to provide protection even after data is decrypted

Moreover , we will discuss the digital security in today 's software market especially in some countries in Asia and other developing and under developing world . The company that we will discuss is Microsoft that its products are almost in every desktop , laptop , and handheld computers all over the world

In addition , we will also discuss the win - win solution occurred in recording industry to encourage the growing trends of downloading MP3 music format from a remote host in Internet

Furthermore , in the next section , we will discuss about the impact of security on electronic commerce . Amazon .com and eBay .com are two examples of e-companies that also pay attention to increasing needs of protecting personal data of their costumers TABLE OF CONTENTS Abstract

Table of Contents

I . Introduction 1

I .1 Internet Revolution 1

I .2 Economic Potential of the Internet Revolution 1

I .3 E-Commerce : Virtual Competition 2

I .4 Security in E-Commerce 3

I .5 Research Objectives 4

II . Literature Review 5

II .1 Security and E-Commerce Competition 5

II .2 Security in E-Commerce 6

II .2 .1 Racing Towards Digital Security 6

II .2 .2 Needs of Protecting Copyright 6

II .2 .3 Technology and Copyright Protection 7

II .2 .3 .1 Encryption 7

II .2 .3 .2 Watermarking 8

II .3 Cyber Media and Its Traps for Scholars 13

II .4 Security Roles in E-Commerce 14

II .5 E-Commerce and Customers ' Personal Data Protection 15

II .5 .1 Model Non-Disclosure Agreements 16

II .5 .2 Law on Protecting Customers Secret Information 17

III . Methodology 17

IV . Result 20

IV .1 Digital Security and Microsoft Antitrust Case 20

IV .2 Legalizing the Illegal Services : Case of Recording Industry 23

IV .2 .1 Traditional Supply Chain of EMI Music 24

IV .2 .2 Web-based Supply Chain of EMI Music 25

IV .3 Protecting Customers ' Confidential Data : Amazon .com 26

IV .3 .1 Amazon .com and Customers Data Base 27

IV .3 .2 Winners of E-Commerce 28

V . Conclusion 29

I . Introduction

I .1 Internet Revolution

Unlike industrial revolution that it takes many decades to mature Internet revolution has a tangible impact on...

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