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.
>
>    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.