Private Law and Public Interest; My Kingdom for a Horse: Reining in Runaway Legislation from Software to Spam

Authors

Courtney Lytle Perry

Publication Date

3-1-2005

Document Type

Symposium

Abstract

This Article considers three examples of failing to "look before you legislate." The first section addresses one of the first major statutory treatments of software, the 1980 amendment to the Copyright Act of 1976. The second section addresses the more recent, failed attempt to proactively draft commercial rules for software related transactions. The final statute examined is the 2003 CAN SPAM Act 3 that took effect January 1st of 2004.

DOI

10.37419/TWLR.V11.I2.16

First Page

523

Last Page

556

Recommended Citation

Courtney L. Perry, Private Law and Public Interest; My Kingdom for a Horse: Reining in Runaway Legislation from Software to Spam, 11 Tex. Wesleyan L. Rev. 523 (2005).
Available at: https://doi.org/10.37419/TWLR.V11.I2.16