FC: UCITA plan may not be a travesty for consumers --responses

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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> Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2000 08:51:20 -0800
> To: declan () well com
> From: Kaye Caldwell <kaye () ix netcom com>
> Subject: Re: FC: Software plan is a travesty for consumers, by Dan
>   Gillmor
>
> For a discussion of UCITA based on actual facts, see: 
> http://www.2bguide.com/docs/rne.html

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From: "Jennifer Alvey" <jalvey () bna com>
> To: declan () well com
> Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 14:48:59 -0500
> Subject: Re: FC: Software plan is a travesty for consumers, by Dan Gillmor
>
> Declan,
> I didn't see a date on the Gillmor story, so that may
> explain the inaccuracies.
>
>  UCITA was endorsed last July by NCCUSL.  It has now passed
> both houses in the Virginia legislature, and will be signed
> by the governor in the next few weeks, his press flak tells
> me.  One saving grace, I suppose, is that the Va law will
> not be effective until 7/1/01.  In the meantime, the Joint
> Committee on Science and Technology will be working on a
> report of some sort about UCITA.  This is a group that has
> legislators and industry people on it--I'm not sure if any
> consumer groups are represented there.  If folks want to
> lobby against UCITA, that committee is where it remains to
> be done, for Virginia anyway.  The Virginia law has
> amendments in it that have been pushed by the film industry,
> to exempt movies from UCITA in B2B situations (upstream,
> it's called), but not in the mass market context.  The
> NCCUSL  executive committee in January signed off on these
> same amendments, but they won't become official until the
> whole group votes on them in July.
> UCITA has also been introduced in Maryland, where it seems
> to be going somewhere--Gov. Glendening is definitely backing
> it.  In Oklahoma, Illinois, Hawaii and the District of
> Columbia, where it has also been introduced, its prospects
> are less clear.  I also hear that UCITA has gotten
> endorsements (or is about to get them) from lawyers' groups
> in Delaware and Washington, which may be a precursor to
> introduction in those states.
>
> I'm including my contact info for your benefit, but please
> delete it (e-mail address can stay in) if you post this to
> the list.  Thanks.
>
> Jennifer L. Alvey, Esq.
> Legal Editor & Reporter
> Electronic Commerce & Law Report

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> From: "Curran, John" <John.Curran () mms gov>
> To: "'declan () well com'" <declan () well com>
> Subject: RE: Software plan is a travesty for consumers, by Dan Gillmor
> Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 11:34:06 -0700
>
> Declan,
>
> There is absolutely no information in this story to let us know why UCITA is
> a bad idea.  It is clear that the author is  against it, but there is no
> data, no analysis, only unfettered expression.  He may be right, but how am
> I supposed to tell?
>
> John
>
> John Curran           Minerals Management Service
> 703.787.1258         john.curran () mms gov

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> From: gary () Intrepid Com (Gary Funck)
> Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 10:12:43 -0800
> X-Mailer: Z-Mail (3.2.3 08feb96 MediaMail)
> To: declan () well com
> Subject: Re: FC: Software plan is a travesty for consumers, by Dan Gillmor
>
> Declan, I read that article, but didn't find a URL for more info.
> (both the text, and the pros./cons).  Do you know of any URL's
> for sites that discuss this topic, and its possible impact on
> software consumers?
>
> I asked the author, and he suggested this one for starters:
>     http://www.infoworld.com/ucita
>
>  - Gary

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Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 16:46:06 -0500
> From: Robin Miller <roblimo () home com>
> Reply-To: roblimo () slashdot org
> Organization: Andover.net
> To: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
> Subject: Slashdot on UCITAIf you're a regular Slashdot reader, you've 
> heard about
> UCITA by now. You
> have probably also gathered that many prominent spokespeople
> for the open
> source and free software communities, most notably Richard
> Stallman, don't
> like it. UCITA already passed in Virginia, but the governor
> hasn't yet signed it
> into law. Here in Maryland, where I live, UCITA is still
> under consideration. I'm working hard to
> block it, and I'm not alone. But this story is not as much
> about Virginia and Maryland as it is about the
> way UCITA is being "sold" to state legislatures all over the
> U.S. and how you can work effectively in
> your state to keep it from becoming the Law of the Land.
>
> You've probably heard about UCITA by now. You have probably
> also gathered that the American Library Association, many
> consumer advocates, a whole bunch of State Attorneys
> General, and many prominent spokespeople for the open source
> and free software communities don't like it. UCITA already
> passed in Virginia, but the governor hasn't yet signed it
> into law. Here in Maryland, where I live, UCITA is still
> under consideration. I'm working hard to block it, and I'm
> not alone. But this story is not as much about Virginia and
> Maryland as it is about the way UCITA is being "sold" to
> state legislatures all over the U.S. and how you can work
> effectively in your state to keep it from becoming the Law
> of the Land.
> More: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/02/17/0038235

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