Acts seek uniform e-policies; E-sign pre-empts state laws if inconsistent with UETA; UETA provisions supersede E-sign
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The Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act of 2000 (E-sign) is discussed, which states that all federal and state laws requiring a written document also accept the same document in electronic format. A state's adoption of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or a similar statutory scheme will halt E-sign's pre-emption of state law.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 2000
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MIT initiative raises issue of IP rights in academia; does the university strip professors of their ability to protect copyrights?
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Whether MIT's proposed OpenCourseWare project is a copyright violation is discussed, and this project proposes to post the university's courses on the Internet, making them available to the whole world free of charge. Before instituting such a project , IP audits and a review of policies are necessary for universities.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 2001
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