Re: UCC Article 2B -- ALI Vote, etc

On Thursday, May 22, 1997, David Rice <drice[_at_]world.std.com> wrote:
>
> The American Law Institute Annual Meeting voted 86-83 to adopt an
> amendment introduced by Prof. Charles McManis of Washington Univ. St.
> Louis. The amendment was to Section 2B-308 -- Mass Market or Shrinkwrap
> Licenses -- adding a subsection which declared that Section 2B-308 does
> not validate any standard form term which is inconsistent with Section
> 102(b) or, inclusively, Sections 107-120 of the Copyright Act.
>
> Concern was expressed from the floor by, among others, Prof Paul Shupak
> of Cardozo Law School, Yeshiva Univ that the overall effect of the basic
> provisions contained in Parts 1 and 2 (General Provisions, Contract
> Formation) marked a substantial shift in basic contract law principles
> that were not clearly shown to be required by mere difference in subject
> matter of transactions -- software and information products and rights --
> or means of contracting.
>
> Numerious comments were submitted, and those and still others prepared
> in anticipation of the next DRafting Committee meeting of May 30-31 &
> June 1, are posted at www.SoftwareIndustry.org/issues/guide/ which is
> the place to find meeting schedules, postings of writings submitted to
> the Committee, individual comments, and the like.
>
> I am a member of the Drafting Committee, as an ALI representative.
> Gradually, more people and afected interests are finally discovering
> that this project is moving along based on a full draft. I urge those
> who have any interest as vendors, distributors, large or institutional
> users, developers, small businesses, and just plain users to get up to
> speed and give you input NOW. Links to sites for current drafts are
> accessible via the Website noted above and also by going to the
> University of Houston Law Library and the University of Pennsylvania
> School of Law, Biddle Law Library sites.

Can you possibly clarify what all this means for those of us who don't understand any of this without doing legal research? Thanks!

Karen Porter
<porterk[_at_]cpcuiia.org> Received on Tue May 27 1997 - 18:37:30 GMT