IP: technology industry's version of Dracula

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

>From: "Gillmor, Dan" <DGillmor@sjmercury.com>
>To: "'David Farber '" <dave@farber.net>
>Subject: Fyi
>Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 14:17:47 -0700
>
>
>http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/opinion/dgillmor/dg051301.htm
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>UCITA, the ``Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act,'' is the
>technology industry's version of Dracula. It's designed to suck money from
>overmatched consumers, and it keeps emerging from the coffin.
>
>Just about every serious pro-consumer official and organization has
>denounced UCITA, a proposed uniform state law that would tilt the balance in
>software transactions strongly toward the seller.
>
>But UCITA's backers, mostly in the computer industry, are not giving up --
>and they may be on the verge of getting help from key public officials who,
>acting in good faith, would harm the people they're sworn to protect.



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