This is AFFECT's education area.
All you ever wanted to know about the
Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA) is contained here.

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What is the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act?

• The Official UCITA Briefing Book -- AFFECT's packet of information about UCITA, which we send to lawmakers across the country (also available in Adobe pdf format)

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• UCITA 101: What You Should Know About the Uniform Computer Information Transaction Act (also available in Adobe pdf)

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• UCITA -- A Short Introduction

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• AFFECT Mission Statement -- who we are, why we oppose UCITA, and how you can become a member of our coalition (also available in Adobe pdf)

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Who Else Opposes UCITA?

• A comprehensive list of organizations, associations, and individuals that have criticized or opposed UCITA

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• Caterpillar's Official Statement -- One of America's oldest manufacturers announces opposition to UCITA

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• The Principal Financial Group and Prudential Insurance Company co-author a one-page summary of all that's wrong with UCITA

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• The Trouble with UCITA, by the Principal Financial Group (also available in Adobe pdf)

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• A Summary of Key Problems with UCITA for Business Users of Software, by the Principal Financial Group (also available in Adobe pdf)

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• Proposed Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA): Objections from the Consumer Perspective by Jean Braucher, Roger Henderson Professor of Law, University of Arizona (Only Word version is currently available)

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• A UCITA Update by Rodney Petersen, Project NEThics at the University of Maryland (Only Word document currently available)

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• 38 professors of intellectual property law urge the state of Maryland not to pass UCITA (Only Word document currently available)

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• James Neal, Dean of the University Libraries at Johns Hopkins University, testifies against UCITA before the Maryland General Assembly.

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• Robert Oakley, Director of the Law Library at the Georgetown University Law Center, briefs the Assosciation of Research Libraries on UCITA.

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• Harvey Morrell, Director of the University of Baltimore Law Library and a member of the American Association of Law Libraries, testifies before the Maryland General Assembly against UCITA

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• Carolyn Barkley, President of the Virginia Library Association and representing the American Association of Law Libraries, testifies against the Virginia version of UCITA

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• Attorneys General of 13 states (and officials from other states) write a letter to the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL) protesting UCITA.

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• Information Technology consultant James Huggins offers a tutorial on UCITA, the NCCUSL, and how they affect you

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