Rough Drafts

Net security bills on the way: Worries About Internet Crime Spark Legislative Blitz

Affiliate programs in danger? Amazon has just received a patent on the idea of having affiliate sites sell a company’s products in exchange for a sales commission. Amazon patents affiliate programs technology

A law proposed in California’s state senate would prohibit video service providers (e.g. your cable company, or TiVo) from disclosing information about your viewing habits without your consent: New Bill Targets TV Privacy

From the New York Times, here’s the clearest, most understandable explanation of the DoubleClick cookie controversy I’ve seen yet. It also includes useful URLs to opt out of DoubleClick’s privacy tracking and links more information on privacy protection strategems: State of the Art: Battling Cookie

The poster child of online business-to-business trading communities, Chemdex, is aiming to expand from its current focus on chemicals and lab supplies into pharmaceuticals, biotech, and medical supplies. Chemdex forms parent to oversee its expansion (2/21/2000)

Who said EDI was dead? Telecom biggie SBC is buying Sterling Commerce, a big e-commerce software company whose revenues center on EDI technologies, for $3.9 billion. SBC to Buy Sterling Commerce For About $3.9 Billion in Cash

A flurry of privacy bills are being introduced in Congress … is a blizzard on the way? Government ponders Internet privacy issues

Fast online credit service aims to make it easier to drop large amounts at e-commerce sites: eCredit expedites online financing

Quick! Call the Feds! We need to throw some serious R&D money at this critical problem, before it undermines the economy and the American way of life! Gift, card sites break a few hearts

The Red Herring discovers that, despite the huge amount of venture capital out there, it actually takes a lot of *work* to make a successful startup: Redherring.com – Fish or Cut Bait: How green is the Valley?

Hey, I’ve been quoted in the Wall Street Journal Interactive: Dodge’s E-conomy — WSJ Interactive Edition

Not enough medical advertising dollars to go around all the new health-related sites, according to this MSNBC story: Health sites face ad spending squeeze