UCITA allows the software license to say that the software cannot be reviewed by a magazine or newspaper without the publisher�s permission unless and until the courts find such a provision to be unenforceable! Even then UCITA allows the provision to remain in the contract! This will
prevent bad reviews of bad software from appearing in newspapers or magazines making it harder for consumers to find out if software works right before consumers buy the software![5] .
http://www.badsoftware.com/ Book and website that talks about these laws
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This is what is the UCITA:
1. UCITA allows software publishers to sell software �as is�, the way cheap used cars are sold in some places, meaning there is no warranty that it works right![1]
2. When consumers are supposed to get notices from a software publisher or on-line service, UCITA allows the notice to be �received� by a consumer if the notice is only posted on a website![2]
3. If the consumer wants to sue over bad software or over a bad on-line service, UCITA allows the software publisher or Internet service to name almost any state in the United States as the state where the consumer�s lawsuit has to be.[3]
4. UCITA allows the consumer to be trapped into agreeing to all of this after the consumer buys the software or on line service. Under UCITA, these provisions may be placed in the boilerplate fine �print� that the consumer sees for the first time only after the consumer buys the software at the mall and takes it home (or downloads it), unwraps the box, puts the disk in the computer and starts loading the software when the consumer wants to use the software for the first time. That is when the consumer will be given the opportunity to click on a window to review these contract provisions that the courts will enforce.[4]
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/ucita.html ( Why UCITA WILL KILL Perl ! )
http://www.consumerlaw.org/ucita/myths.html 8 myths of UCITA
http://www.infoworld.com/ucita/ http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/9907/05.ucita.shtml http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2453005,00.html http://www.consumerlaw.org/ucita/twelve_problems.html 12 big problems of UCITA
http://www.consumerlaw.org/ucita