The U.S. Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA) is a:

A.
Model act that is intended to apply uniform legislation to electronic
credit transactions

B.
Model act that is intended to apply uniform legislation to software
licensing

C.
Model act that addresses electronic transactions conducted by financial
institutions

D.
Model act that addresses digital signatures

Explanation:
The National Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCUSL)
voted to approve the Uniform Computers Information Transactions
Act (UCITA) on July 29, 1999. This legislation, which will have to be
enacted state-by-state, will greatly affect libraries access to and use
of software packages. It also will keep in place the current licensing

practices of software vendors. At the present time, shrink-wrap or
click-wrap licenses limit rights that are normally granted under
copyright law. Under Section 109 of the U.S. 1976 Copyright Act, the
first sale provision permits the owner of a particular copy without
the authority of the copyright owner, to sell or otherwise dispose of
the possession of that copy. However, the software manufacturers
use the term license in their transactions. As opposed to the word
sale, the term license denotes that the software manufacturers are
permitting users to use a copy of their softwarE . Thus, the software
vendor still owns the softwarE . Until each state enacts the legislation,
it is not clear if shrink-wrap licenses that restrict users rights under
copyright law are legally enforceablE . For clarification, shrink-wrap
licenses physically accompany a disk while click-on and active clickwrap
licenses are usually transmitted electronically. Sometimes, the
term shrink-wrap is interpreted to mean both physical and electronic
licenses to use softwarE . The focus of the UCITA legislation is not on
the physical media, but on the information contained on the media.