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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...serve its goal of integrating academics and technology, the center has developed a "rotisserie model" for conducting on-line discussions and promoting interaction over the Web. Rotisserie essentially means that center affiliates can add their own input to the site and have its displayed...

Author: By Jacqueline A. Newmyer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: At The Leading Edge of Internet Law | 4/13/1999 | See Source »

...open governance" component of the center deals with the regulation of domain names--Web site addresses--around the world that are all currently entrusted to a non-profit company known as ICANN...

Author: By Jacqueline A. Newmyer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: At The Leading Edge of Internet Law | 4/13/1999 | See Source »

...selection of nearly 2 million items, including computers, Ginsu knives, baseball cards and model trains, generating about $300 million in total transactions during the fourth quarter of fiscal 1998. "There's a constant trade show going on," says Steve Karas, of New York, who auctions sports cards on the site. By taking a 1.25%-to-5% cut on each of those exchanges, eBay is one of the few Net start-ups to turn a profit--albeit a small one--on sales of $47 million last year. Since eBay acts as an intermediary with little or no overhead to cover, "consumer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Now It's One Big Market | 4/12/1999 | See Source »

Like many of eBay's merchants, the Anzardos are proud of their spotless service record: they've received more than 300 positive-feedback ratings on the site's system, which lets prospective buyers gauge the honesty of a seller before sending off a fat check in the mail. However, a small group of parasites, including a Florida eBay user who was recently ordered to pay $23,000 in restitution, continue to plague this electronic marketplace. Two-thirds of all Internet fraud complaints last year were directed at auction sites, according to the National Consumers' League. And antique dealers, who quickly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Now It's One Big Market | 4/12/1999 | See Source »

Your column on ONLINE GREETINGS (March 22) left out my favorite site...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ask Anita | 4/12/1999 | See Source »

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