eCommerce and Business Technologies
CPET 581 E-Commerce and Business Technologies
Homework Assignment 1, Sept. 2 – 9, 2014.
Due Sept. 9, 2014, as an email attachment.
1. Study the Case Study – The Pirate Bay: Searching for a Safe Haven, pp. 46-49, and answer the following questions:
a. Why did PTB believe it was not violating copyright laws? What did the Swedish court rule?
b. How has TPB managed to continue operating despite being found in violation of copyright laws? c. How has the music industry reacted to the problems created by pirate like TPB?
2. Choose an e-commerce Web site and assess it in terms of the eight unique features of e-commerce technology described in Table 1-2. Which of the features does the site implement well, and which features poorly, in your opinion.
3. Search the Web for an example of each of the major types of e-commerce describe in Section 1.1.
Prepare a report describing each Web site (take a screenshot of each), and explain why it fits into the category of e-commerce to which you have assigned it.
Homework Assignment 1, Sept. 2 – 9, 2014.
Due Sept. 9, 2014, as an email attachment.
1. Study the Case Study – The Pirate Bay: Searching for a Safe Haven, pp. 46-49, and answer the following questions:
a. Why did PTB believe it was not violating copyright laws? What did the Swedish court rule?
b. How has TPB managed to continue operating despite being found in violation of copyright laws? c. How has the music industry reacted to the problems created by pirate like TPB?
2. Choose an e-commerce Web site and assess it in terms of the eight unique features of e-commerce technology described in Table 1-2. Which of the features does the site implement well, and which features poorly, in your opinion.
3. Search the Web for an example of each of the major types of e-commerce describe in Section 1.1.
Prepare a report describing each Web site (take a screenshot of each), and explain why it fits into the category of e-commerce to which you have assigned it.