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The Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA), as the law is called, was signed by the governor of Maryland last month and will become effective in October in that state and possibly elsewhere (under form contracts "choosing" the law of Maryland).
UCITA covers contracts for "computer information," a neologism that masks conceptual chaos, including software, on-line access services and content, books and databases on CD-ROM, and even the digital information on silicon chips in your car or oven.
Burden or even eliminate the second-hand computer and automobile markets. If the operating system of a computer or the anti-lock braking software in a car is "licensed," licensors will be able to extract a pound of flesh for the privilege of transferring the software. As more and more...
Even after having to temporarily release the Manila man they had in custody for insuffucient evidence, Filipino investigators and their FBI buddies say they've got a list of 10 suspects in their hunt for the progenitor of the Love Bug, all connected to a Manila computer school - including the...
"Legislation and aggressive prosecution are a little bit beside the point," he says. "It's remedy after the fact. There's no evidence that any of that works as a deterrent." By the time the cybercops barged through Reomel Ramones' front door Monday and started seizing computer equipment (but no...