UCITA

Overviews: This section includes introductory materials on UCITA by a variety of organizations.
Commentary and Debate: This section includes articles and law reviews discussing UCITA.

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Overviews

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AFFECT - Americans for Fair Electronic Commerce Transactions. Retrieved August 15, 2004, from http://www.ucita.com/

American Bar Association Working Group. American Bar Association Working Group Report on the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA), January 31, 2002. Retrieved August 15, 2004, from http://www.abanet.org/leadership/ucita.pdf

ALA. (July 6, 2004). UCITA & Related Legislation In Your State. Retrieved August 15, 2004, from http://www.ala.org/

American Library Association Washington Office. (2004). UCITA 101 & 102. Retrieved August 15, 2004, from http://www.ala.org/ala/washoff/woissues/copyrightb/ucita/ucita101.cfm

ARL et.al. (1999). A Quick Look at the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA). Retrieved August 15, 2004, from http://www.arl.org/info/frn/copy/ucita.html

Kaner, C. (2000, September 16). Bad Software: A Consumer Protection Guide. Retrieved August 15, 2004, from http://www.badsoftware.com/uccindex.htm

National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. (August 26, 2004). Drafts of Uniform and Model Acts. Retrieved August 15, 2004, from http://www.law.upenn.edu/bll/archives/ulc/ulc.html

National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. (2003, August 1, 2003). Press Release: UCITA STANDBY COMMITTEE IS DISCHARGED. Retrieved August 15, 2004, from http://www.nccusl.org/nccusl/DesktopModules/NewsDisplay.aspx?ItemID=56

National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL). (JULY 23 - 30, 1999). UNIFORM COMPUTER INFORMATION TRANSACTIONS ACT*. Retrieved August 15, 2004, from http://www.law.upenn.edu/bll/ulc/fnact99/1990s/UCITA_99.htm

OIT University of Maryland College Park. (April 6, 2000). UCITA for CIOs. Retrieved August 15, 2004, from http://www.oit.umd.edu/presentations/UCITA/

Virginia General Assembly. (2003, December 15). Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act. Retrieved August 14, 2004, from http://jcots.state.va.us/unicominfo.htm and http://jcots.state.va.us/pastannrep.htm.

Commentary and Debate

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Cohen, J. E. (1998). Copyright and the jurisprudence of self-help. Berkeley Technology Law Journal, 13, 1089. Retrieved August 14, 2004 from http://www.law.berkeley.edu/journals/btlj/articles/vol13/Cohen/html/text.html

Friedman, D. (1998). In defense of private orderings: Comments on Julie Cohen's "Copyright and the Jurisprudence of Self-Help". Berkeley Technology Law Journal, 13, 1151. Retrieved August 15, 2004 from http://www.law.berkeley.edu/journals/btlj/articles/vol13/Friedman/html/text.html

Litman, J. (1998). The tales that Article 2B tells. Berkeley Technology Law Journal, 13, 931. Retrieved August 15, 2004 from http://www.law.berkeley.edu/journals/btlj/articles/vol13/Litman/html/text.html

Nimmer, R. T. (1998). Breaking barriers: The relation between contract and intellectual property law. Berkeley Technology Law Journal, 13, 827. Retrieved February 5, 2001 from http://www.law.berkeley.edu/journals/btlj/articles/vol13/Nimmer/html/text.html

National Writers Union. (1999). Why UCITA is Bad for Writers. Retrieved August 15, 2004, from http://www.nwu.org/nwu/index.php?cmd=showPage&page_id=1.2.14.2.6.1

Stallman, R. (Jan. 31, 2000). Why We Must Fight UCITA. Retrieved August 15, 2004, from http://www.eff.org/IP/UCITA_UCC2B/20000131_fight_ucita_stallman_paper.html

Univeristy of Houston Law Center. UCITA. Retrieved May 8, 2007, from http://www.law.uh.edu/ucc2b/.

Print and Subscription Resources

Ayyappan, A. (2001). UCITA: Uniformity at the price of fairness? Fordham Law Review 69, 2471. Retrieved February 11, 2002 from Academic Universe/Lexis-Nexis database.

Benkler, Y. (2000). An unhurried view of private ordering in information transactions. Vanderbilt Law Review, 53(6), 2063-2080. Retrieved February 5, 2002 from Academic Universe/Lexis-Nexis database.

Bern, R. C. (2004). "TERMS LATER" CONTRACTING: BAD ECONOMICS, BAD MORALS, AND A BAD IDEA FOR A UNIFORM LAW, JUDGE EASTERBROOK NOTWITHSTANDING. Journal of Law and Policy, 12, 641. Retrieved August 14, 2004 from Lexis Nexis Academic database.

Brennan, L. (1999). Through the telescope II: The meaning of UCITA. Mississippi College Law Review, 20, 45. Retrieved February 5, 2002 from Academic Universe/Lexis-Nexis database.

Budnitz, M. E. (2000). Consumers surfing for sales in cyberspace: What constitutes acceptance and what legal terms and conditions bind the consumer? Georgia State University Law Review, 16, 741. Retrieved February 1, 2002 from Academic Universe/Lexis-Nexis database.

Burnham, S. J. (2001). Perspectives on the Uniform Laws revision process. Hastings Law Journal 52, 63. Retrieved February 11, 2002 from Academic Universe/Lexis-Nexis database.

Clarke, L. L. (2001). Performance risk, form contracts and UCITA. Michigan Telecommunication and Technology Law Review, 7, 1. Retrieved February 11, 2002 from Academic Universe/Lexis-Nexis database.

Chanin, J. A. (1999). The Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act: A practitioner's view. John Marshall Journal of Computer & Information Law, 18, 279. Retrieved February 1, 2002 from Academic Universe/Lexis Nexis database.

Dively, M. J. H. (2000). The new laws that will enable electronic contracting: A survey of the electronic contracting rules in the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act and the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act. Duquesne University Law Review, 38, 209. Retrieved February 1, 2002 from Academic Universe/Lexis-Nexis database.

Douma, E. (2001). The Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act and the issue of preemption of contractual provisions prohibiting reverse engineering, disassembly, or decompilation. Albany Law Journal of Science and Technology 11, 249. Retrieved February 14, 2002 from Academic Universe/Lexis-Nexis database.

Fendell, C. H., & Kennedy, D.M. (2000). UCITA is coming!!! Part one: Practical analysis for licensee's counsel. The Computer Lawyer, 17(7), 3. Retrieved February 11, 2002 from Academic Universe/Lexis-Nexis database.

Fendell, C. H., & Kennedy, D.M. (2000). UCITA is coming!!! Part two: Practical analysis for licensors' counsel. The Computer Lawyer, 17(8), 3. Retrieved February 11, 2002 from Academic Universe/Lexis-Nexis database.

Founds, G. L. (1999). Shrinkwrap and clickwrap agreements: 2B or not 2B? Federal Communications Law Journal, 52, 99. Retrieved February 1, 2002 from Academic Universe/Lexis-Nexis database.

Franklin, J. (2003). The Perils of Clicking 'I Agree : UCITA and Intellectual Freedom. Alki, 19(1), 10-12. Retrieved August 14, 2004 from Library Literature database.

Grier, R. L. (2001). Remarks on UCITA in practice: Attorney views. Richmond Journal of Law and Technology 8, 10.

Grier, R. L., Keane, N., and Gilbert, P.A. (2001). Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act: Bringing commercial law into the 21st century. Richmond Journal of Law and Technology 8, 9.

Harrison, Z. M. (1998). Just click here: Article 2B's failure to guarantee adequate manifestation of assent in click-wrap contracts. Fordham Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment Law Journal, 8, 907. Retrieved February 5, 2002 from Academic Universe/Lexis-Nexis database.

Heaton, T. P. (2000). Electronic self-help software repossession: A proposal to protect small software development companies. Boston University Journal of Science and Technology Law, 6, 8. Retrieved February 1, 2002 from Academic Universe/Lexis-Nexis database.

Heller, J. S. (2001). "Coping with UCITA: Consumer view: UCITA: Still crazy after all these years, and still not ready for prime time." Richmond Journal of Law and Technology 8: 5.

Hillebrand, G. (2001). What's wrong with the Uniform Law process? Hastings Law Journal 52, 631.

Hull, K. (2000). The overlooked concern with the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act. Hastings Law Journal, 51, 1391. Retrieved February 1, 2002 from Academic Universe/Lexis-Nexis database.

Kaner, C. (2000). Why you should oppose UCITA. The Computer Lawyer, 17(5), 20. Retrieved February 6, 2002.

Kaner, C. (1999). Software engineering and UCITA. John Marshall Journal of Computer & Information Law, 18, 435. Retrieved February 1, 2001 from Academic Universe/Lexis-Nexis database.

Kobayashi, B. H., & Ribstein, L.E. (1999). Uniformity, choice of law and software sales. George Mason Law Review, 8, 261. Retrieved February 1, 2002 from Academic Universe/Lexis-Nexis database.

May, J. (2001). UCITA and the Virginia General Assembly. Richmond Journal of Law and Technology 8, 3. Retrieved February 11, 2002 from Academic Universe/Lexis-Nexis database.

McCaslin, S. (2002). UCITA and fair use: a compatible or combatable relationship. Report of a program at the 2001 NASIG Conference. The Serials Librarian, 42(1/2), 79-87. Retrieved August 14, 2004 from Library Literature database.

Meurer, M. J. (2001). Copyright law and price discrimination. Cardozo Law Review 23, 55. Retrieved February 14, 2002 from Academic Universe/Lexis-Nexis database.

Nimmer, D., Brown, E., & Frischling, G.N. (1999). The metamorphosis of contract into expand. California Law Review, 87, 17. Retrieved February 1, 2002 from Academic Universe/Lexis-Nexis database.

Nimmer, R. T. (2000). UCITA: A commercial contract code. The Computer Lawyer, 17(5), 3. Retrieved February 6, 2002.

Nimmer, R. T. (2000). Through the looking glass: What courts and UCITA say about the scope of contract law in the information age. Duquesne University Law Review, 38, 255. Retrieved February 1, 2002 from Adademic Universe/Lexis- Nexis database.

Pita, F. J. (1998). Reconciling reverse engineering and conflicting shrinkwrap license terms under U.C.C. Article 2B: A patent law solution. Santa Clara Computer and High Technology Law Journal, 14, 465. Retrieved February 5, 2002 from Academic Universe/Lexis-Nexis database.

Radin, M. J. (1999). Humans, computers, and binding commitment. Indiana Law Journal, 75, 1125. Retrieved February 1, 2002 from Academic Universe/Lexis-Nexis database.

Riley, T. (2001). The future of software licensing in Virginia: Remarks on technology growth in Virginia: How UCITA will help. Richmond Journal of Law and Technology 8, 8. Retrieved February 11, 2002 from Academic Universe/Lexis-Nexis database.

Ring, C. C. (2001). An overview of the Virginia UCITA. Richmond Journal of Law and Technology 8, 1. Retrieved February 11, 2002 from Academic Universe/Lexis-Nexis database

Ring, C. C. (2001). Remarks on the background and development of UCITA. Richmond Journal of Law and Technology 8, 2. Retrieved February 11, 2002 from Academic Universe/Lexis-Nexis database

Schinler, E. E. (2000). Trouble at the sausage factory: Has the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act been unjustly stigmatized? Tulane Law Review, 75, 507. Retrieved February 14, 2002 from Academic Universe/Lexis-Nexis database.

Smith, M. J. (2001). An overview of the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act: Warranties, self-help, and contract formation: Why UCITA should be renamed "The Licensors' Protection Act". Southern Illinois Law Journal 25, 389. Retrieved February 11, 2002 from Academic Universe/Lexis-Nexis database

Tussey, D. (2003). UCITA, copyright, and capture. Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal, 21, 319. Retrieved August 14, 2004 from Lexis Nexis Academic database.

Wyatt, A. M. (2002). UCITA s Impact on Library Services. Journal of Library Administration, 36(4), 83-94. Retrieved August 14, 2004 from Library Literature database.

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