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Subject: [LeapBS] [Fwd: UCITA at the ABA: IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED]
Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2001 12:46:03 -0400
From: "Bryan J. Smith" <b.j.smith@ieee.org>
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From: mwilliams@gcpn.com
Subject: UCITA at the ABA: IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED
To: mwilliams@gcpn.com

Americans For Fair Electronic Commerce Transactions
                         U P D A T E  O N  U C I T A


   The American Bar Association (ABA) will  be considering a
resolution
   involving UCITA at their upcoming meeting August 2 - 8 in
Chicago.
   Traditionally, the ABA reviews and votes on any uniform laws
being
   proposed by NCCUSL.  Until now, proponents of UCITA have
prevented such
   a review from taking place. Opponents of UCITA, including some
members
   of AFFECT are hoping to force the issue at the upcoming meeting.

   In a proposed formal resolution, the Tort and Insurance Practice
Section
   (TIPS) of the ABA is recommending  that the ABA House of
Delegates vote
   to oppose the adoption of UCITA anywhere.  The proposed
resolution
   further recommends that NCCUSL withdraw and extensively revise
UCITA "to
   more adequately reflect the current state of the law concerning
the
   licensing of intellectual property with due regard for basic
rights of
   consumers and the protection of Licensees from unwarranted
unilateral
   actions of the Licensor." (The proposed resolution can be found
on
   www.ABANET.ORG/TIPS/UCITA.)  TIPS and others in the ABA will also
ask
   that NCCUSL refrain from pursuing any state legislative action
during
   the period of review and redrafting.

   To counter this effort, there is a strong move by UCITA
proponents to
   appoint an ABA/NCCUSL Task Force to review UCITA and withdraw the
TIPS
   resolution.

   REQUESTED ACTION:  Contact the ABA House of Delegates members you
know
   and others from your state. Urge them to vote yes to TIPS
Resolution
   110-B.  For a list of the members by state, go to the ALA
Washington
   Office's web pages on UCITA at
www.ala.org/washoff/delegateslist.pdf.
   The House of Delegates has over 500 members. If you are a member
of the
   ABA, contact information is published the Red Book.

   We know that UCITA proponents are lobbying the delegates so
please act
   quickly on this.


Thank you for your interest in blocking the enactment of UCITA. This
update
provides information about the recent UCITA developments around the
nation.
Please share this information with others who may be interested and
direct
them to the Affect Coalition web site at www.affect.ucita.com. You
are
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