IP: Software Plan a Travesty for Consumers

[Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

>From: "Gillmor, Dan" <DGillmor@sjmercury.com>
>To: "'Dave Farber '" <farber@cis.upenn.edu>
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>http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/columns/gillmor/docs/dg080199.htm
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>    THE Information Age was supposed to be all about empowering individuals,
>and in some small ways it has happened. But big business and big government
>are moving swiftly to ensure that power -- real power -- will never fall
>into the hands of regular folks.
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>    The powers-that-be are pushing all kinds of intrusions on your rights as
>a consumer and citizen. In the past several weeks, we've lost considerable
>ground.
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>    Two months ago I warned about the so-called Uniform Computer Information
>Transactions Act, or UCITA. On Thursday, the National Conference of
>Commissioners for Uniform State Laws endorsed UCITA, one of the most grossly
>anti-consumer proposals of recent times.