Gore argued in a speech to the Software Publishers Association that the authority has been given to every president since Gerald Ford and is a necessity.
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"It is my impression that this law is driven by the desire of some software publishers who want to protect their interests even more than the existing laws allow them to, " Braucher added.
"The draft statute will make it very easy for software publishers to disclaim all liability for the quality of their product and to provide no meaningful remedy, " Braucher wrote in an article, just published in the July issue of the UCC Bulletin, a legal newsletter.
Rather than charge users to buy software, publishers opted for a "freemium" model, in which the basic product was given away but premium add-on services or features involved payment.
He argues that DoubleClick's values stem from proprietary software that allows publishers and advertisers to manage and track their online advertising.
Additionally, Plastic Logic is partnering with Olive Software and premier publishers to give QUE users a richer content and reading experience that is optimized for QUE.
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It could forget about online advertising and concentrate on selling software tools to advertisers and publishers instead.
John Wiley and Sons, the textbook publisher suing Kirtsaeng, has its share of backers as well, including the movie and music industries, software companies, and other book publishers.
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Web usage analytics software has been around for many years, giving publishers traffic data for their sites, yet this type of functionality has been extremely limited or non-existent for users of consumer social networking sites.
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But the problem--publishers who inflate pay-per-click ad fees with automatic clicking software--doesn't fluster Ghosemajumder or other Googlers.
Gallagher, president and CEO of the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), which is the trade association for U.S. computer and video game publishers.
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