IBLS brings Business and Legal Experts Together for True Internet and E-Commerce Law Knowledge

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--December 9, 2003

IBLS, a portal to global Internet and E-Commerce Law, is pleased to announce the launch of its Global E-Commerce Council (GECC) during the United Nations World Summit on the Information Society held in Geneva, December 10-12, 2003.

IBLS, an accredited participant at the UN Summit, has assumed its role in the information society landscape as an enabler of open exchanges of information for furthering global eBusiness. It is the use of IT and electronic communication networks to exchange business information and conduct global transactions in electronic form which IBLS is paving the legal framework in.

"This is a set of technologies which will be hugely democratic. The Internet is a basis for citizen-to-citizen connections. A good example is the landmines treaty, which essentially happened because citizens around the world connected via the Internet and pressured governments to create a ban." commented Nitin Desai, Special Advisor of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the World Summit on the Information Society.

IBLS supports the UN goal of democratic technology. “We see the value that the Internet has in all aspects of our lives”, “Yet, to just wire a country for access is only half the solution. We need to help everyone quickly catch up with the global plethora of the laws and regulations of doing business online.”, commented Ana Penn, CEO of IBLS.

"IBLS will provide participants at the Summit a coordinated view of ePolicy from a new perspective and we invite participants of the World Summit to join us in the GECC by sharing their knowledge as well as promoting their countries or organizations Internet perspectives”, Ms.Penn added. One of the most unique aspects of the GECC is the members’ ability to ask specific questions regarding a country’s Internet regulations and have these questions answered by experts within that country’s governing body. THE GECC has brought on board numerous countries who are will to contribute to a greater understanding of their country’s Internet regulations. Membership in the council is open to those in business, law, or government with a stake in ensuring that future developments of Internet regulation takes into account their perspectives.

More information on benefits and membership is available at www.ibls.com/council.

About IBLS:

IBLS a portal to global Internet and E-Commerce Law is a leading source of legal information on issues relating to the Internet & E-Commerce. IBLS content is available through its own proprietary database of online summaries. The company is headquartered in Irvine, California, U.S.A., with offices in Vancouver, Canada, and Brussels, Belgium. For more information on IBLS, please visit www.ibls.com or call 1.949.756.0906
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