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On Wed, 25 Jul 2001, William Allen Simpson wrote: > David Charlap wrote: > > > > William Allen Simpson wrote: > > > > > > Also, you may have noticed that shrink-wrap licenses are valid in > > > only two places: Washington (state) and Virginia. This would be a > > > Federal class action. > > > > Didn't the Digital Millennium Copyright Act make shrink-wrap licenses > > valid nation-wide? > > > No. > > You are thinking of last year's electronic signatures act -- an act that > has no signatures, merely "sound, symbol, or process". You're thinking of UCITA - the proposed revisions to the Universal Commercial Code. These WOULD make shrink wrap licenses a lot more powerful and painful. The good news is that UCITA has to be enacted state-by-state, and an increasing number of big players (e.g. large, corporate software buyers) are lining up against UCITA. ************************************************************************** The Center for Civic Networking PO Box 600618 Miles R. Fidelman, President & Newtonville, MA 02460-0006 Director, Municipal Telecommunications Strategies Program 617-558-3698 fax: 617-630-8946 [email protected] http://civic.net/ccn.html Information Infrastructure: Public Spaces for the 21st Century Let's Start With: Internet Wall-Plugs Everywhere Say It Often, Say It Loud: "I Want My Internet!" **************************************************************************
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