1. Chapter 1

2. Electronic Commerce  Brief History of Commerce and Communication  Introduction to Electronic Commerce  Laws Guiding E-commerce  Are we Ready for E-commerce?  Participants in E-commerce  Multimedia Super Corridor

3.  Brief History of Commerce and Communication  Pre-historic age  The adventurous human folk  The early Roman Empire  The great civilizations  The 18 th century  After the Second World War  ARPANET

4.  Introduction to Electronic Commerce  The Internet or simply the Net  The advancement of secure protocols  E-commerce can be viewed in different formats from different perspectives From a communication perspective From a business perspective From a service perspective From an online perspective From a production process perspective

5.  Laws Guiding E-commerce The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) had taken the first step in drafting the Model Law on Electronic Commerce in Dec 1996. Laws Guiding E-commerce:  The Cyber Laws  Malaysian Perspective

6.  Issues in Cyber Laws Jurisdiction Infringement on domain name Contractual issues Liability of intermediaries 1. Characteristics of intermediaries 2. Defamation 3. Insurance covering liability on the net

7.  Issues in Cyber Laws (cont..) Liability of Users 1. Cyber-stalker 2. Infringement of intellectual property 3. Tort liability of privacy infringement Evidential issues Network security

8.  Issues in Cyber Laws (cont..) Intellectual Property Rights (IRPs) Encryption issues Privacy and data protection issues Content and liabilities

9.  Malaysian Perspective Communication and Multimedia Act 1998 Ownership of Network facilities Provision of network services Provision of application services Provision of contents applications services Copyright (Amendment) Act 1997 Digital Signature Act 1997 The Evidence (Amendment) Act

10.  Malaysian Perspective (cont…) Interpretation (Amendment) Act 1997 Companies (Amendment) Act 1998 Telemedicine Act 1997 The Computer crimes Act 1997

11.  Are We ready for E-commerce  Current Trends  Malaysian Business Community Perspective Distribution of Business Community Preparedness in E-commerce Priority in Electronic Commerce Implementation Conclusion of the Survey

12. Figure: Distribution of Malaysian Business Community

13. Figure: Choice of electronic commerce implementation

14. Figure: Concerns of the Internet-based auction implementation

15.  Participants in E-commerce  Service Provider  Manufacturer  Distributor  Retailer  Other services

16.  Multimedia Super Corridor  MSC facilities  Research and Application Multimedia Development Multimedia Environment A new avenue fro E-commerce research in Malaysia

17.  Multimedia Super Corridor (cont..) Multimedia Development  Electronic Government  Multi-Purpose Card Multimedia Environment  Research and development Cluster  Worldwide Manufacturing Webs  Borderless marketing

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