What is UCITA?
ßProposed Uniform State Law
ßSoftware and database licensing issues
ßFormats potentially affected:
ßComputer software, documentation, databases,    websites, e-books and e-serials, movies and sound  recordings
ßTypes of licenses affected:
ßSigned licenses
ßShrink-wrap licenses
ß“Click-through” licenses
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The Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act or UCITA is a proposed new uniform law approved in July 1999 by the National Conference of Commissioners Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL) dealing with software and database licensing issues that cover contracts involving computer software, documentation, databases, websites, e-books, movies, and sound recordings.  UCITA is intended to codify and standardize state contract laws that concern the practices of using signed licenses, shrink-rap licenses, and click-through licenses on software, databases, and websites.
A proposed Uniform Law must be adopted by each state legislature before it becomes law in that state.  It is expected that UCITA will have been introduced in the legislatures of all 50 states during the next 18 to 24 months.  Florida, where I am from, has put UCITA on the legislative agenda for this session.[more later]