COPYCENSE

"The Americans For Fair Electronic Commerce Transactions (AFFECT) coalition has announced its Stop Before You Click campaign promoting its 12 Principles for Fair Commerce in Software and Other Digital Products.

"My long-time readers know AFFECT as the organization that succeeded in stopping the spread of the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA). UCITA, an incredibly customer-unfriendly model state law pushed by Microsoft and friends, was hurriedly enacted in Virginia and Maryland before interest groups opposed to it could effectively get organized.

"While UCITA itself is still dead for the most part, unfortunately its spirit is still with us in the DMCA and other legislation. So AFFECT formed a task force to draft a set of principles for fair dealing in digital products."

Ed Foster. Why You Should Stop Before You Click. The Gripe Line Weblog. March 11, 2005.

See also:
AFFECT. Stop Before You Click. No date.

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