What is UCITA and how will it affect my company?
UCITA is the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act. This Act was originally an unsuccessful attempt to adjust the Uniform Commercial Code to more effectively monitor regulation of the information systems, electronic copyright, & Internet industry. It lives on as a state-by-state attempt to tackle an extremely difficult issue: What, specifically, are the respective rights of software developers versus those of the software consumer? Or maybe that should be: How can the copyright mega-millionaires put even more drain on our budgets while being backed by the law? Your best bet on understanding UCITA is going to be to research it. There is a great deal of information on the web about the issues – some of it is of good quality; some of it is questionable. Perform a search on UCITA. SAMs personnel are also available to assist you. Here is how UCITA can bite you: Even if you are not in a UCITA state, the copyright holder can place your license, or other agreement, under the governing
