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UCITA’s scope is
rather broad, especially considering the current trends in delivery of
information. UCITA is clearly going
to apply to more and more of our information resources as time goes on.
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UCITA applies to
computer information only transactions and, in mixed transactions that
include both computer information and other matters (such as services), and
to the entire transaction only if computer information is the primary subject
matter. Some of the criticism of UCITA concerns its broad definition of
computer information, that is, “information in electronic form which is
obtained through the use of a computer or which is in a form capable of being
processed by a computer.”
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UCITA applies to
contracts to license or buy software, contracts to create computer programs
or computer games, contracts for online access to databases and contracts to
distribute information over the Internet.
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