[ Thanks to Paul
Eggert for this link. ]
“Maryland won the national race to put a law on the books
governing software transactions, but in the months since it was
enacted here, opponents have vowed to make sure that no other state
follows suit.”
“While Maryland’s law will take effect Oct. 1, several state
legislatures – including those of Illinois, Oklahoma, Maine and
Delaware – tabled the measure this year, while others postponed the
introduction of the bill altogether. Iowa went even further and
passed an anti-UCITA law.“
“Iowa’s attorney general and his counterparts in other states
negotiated a settlement with AOL forcing the company to notify
users of changes in its terms of service. Brauch said UCITA in its
original form ‘endorses the very practices that we got AOL to
discontinue.'”