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UCITA Stalled At State Level

Posted by timothy on from the putt-putt-sputter dept.

OscarGunther writes "Four states have passed anti-UCITA laws and Massachusetts may soon become the fifth. Meanwhile, only two states have adopted the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act, which gives software vendors all the benefits and none of the burdens of the consequences of publishing their software. The details can be found at ComputerWorld and an opinion piece by Frank Hayes can be found here."

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  1. A Faustian Bargain? by skyryder12 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I was thinking about this earlier this evening....just exactly WHY is MS pushing DRM so heavily, particularly when it isn't really user friendly at all. And then I read the article about the RIAA suing that student, and now this about UCITA (which was passed in Virginia, even though I wrote the governor telling him he was doing a bad, bad thing)....and then it hit me. The blinding blue streak of enlightenment.....MS et al are going the DRM route, as part of a deal with the RIAA et al to shield themselves from massive lawsuits for providing 'enabling technology'. I mean really, why hasn't the RIAA sued MS et al for making software that enables such piracy...they certainly have deep enough pockets to make up for the 'damage'. Or Dell, Gateway and Apple for providing the hardware.... Or did I take the red pill?