Organizations
Has UCITA Been Cited in a Brief or Other Writing?
Miscellaneous Materials
State Legislation

ORGANIZATIONS

American Library Association:

ALA Washington Office's Web site on UCITA

Association for Computing Machinery:

ACM position paper

The National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Law (NCCUSL) approved UCITA on July 29, 2000

Badsoftware.com:

Cem Kaner's web site opposing UCITA

Linux Today:

Petition signing, talking points

Medical Library Association:

Several libraries write to NCCUSL against UCITA

Medical Library Association, Association of Research Libraries, American Association of Law Libraries, and the Special Libraries Association's fact sheet about UCITA and how it will harm libraries

National Consumer Law Center (click here)

New Jersey Law Revision Commission:

The NJLRC's UCITA index

Tentative draft of the NJLRC's September 2000 UCITA report

TroubleShooter.com:

Grassroots movement against UCITA, tips on surviving UCITA, boycotting Virginia etc.

MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS

Software End User License Agreements: A Survey of Industry Practices in the Summer of 2003 - by James Rodriguez - University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law.

UCITA Draft for approval by NCCUSL.

David Johnson's personal negative view of UCITA.

Eric Lee Green discusses groups who have joined together to oppose UCITA.

Official opinion of the State of Connecticut on UCITA.

Personal Dissection of UCITA - by Forrest J. Cavalier, III of Mib Software.

Internet.com's Bill Pietrucha writes an opinion piece following the Virginia Senate's passage of UCITA.

Cem Kaner's rebuttal to UCITA lobbyists' article in the National Law Journal.

UCITA Would Harm Quality, Giving Unfair Protection to Fraud and Incompetence - The Progress Report's analysis of UCITA.

The UCITA Car - article posted on Troubleshooters.com. Satirically compares UCITA to an auto manufacturer.

STATE LEGISLATION

Introduced UCITA Bills

Enacted UCITA Legislation

Maryland: Maryland Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act

Virginia: SJ 239 Study; Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act | SB 372 Computer Information Transactions Act; created, study | HJ 277 Study; Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act | HB 561 Computer Information Transactions Act; created, study

Enacted UCITA Bomb Shelter Legislation

Iowa: Iowa HB 2205 (UETA) see Sec. 4 for bomb-shelter provision

North Carolina: SB 1023 - bomb-shelter bill (passed 2001)

Vermont UETA/Bomb Shelter H.148 (see section 2463) - Enacted 5-29-03).

West Virginia Bomb-Shelter Legislation: SB 204 Introduced | SB 204 Engrossed | SB 204 Enrolled (PDF Files)

West Virginia Bomb-Shelter Legislation: SB 204 Introduced | SB 204 Engrossed | SB 204 Enrolled (PDF Files)

Idaho Bomb-Shelter Legislation: H186 - Enacted into law in April 2007

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