tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764290.post4762419087228600886..comments2024-03-22T08:01:16.236-04:00Comments on Rebecca Tushnet's 43(B)log: Screenshotapalooza:Webloyalty disclosure sufficient as a matter of lawUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764290.post-66590250734661698242011-04-19T04:27:39.182-04:002011-04-19T04:27:39.182-04:00One section of the agreement reads 'By enterin...One section of the agreement reads 'By entering my email address as my electronic signature ..'<br /><br />It's interesting because copyright law insists that all transfers of exclusive rights be done only with a signature - and so cannot be done with a simple 'click through' contract. <br /><br />Yet here is a 'click through' contract that might be a way around that - because the contract states that the tiny piece of text that I type in is deemed to be 'my signature'! <br /><br />Clearly that is false - my email address is not my signature in any sensible definition of the word - but could this sleight of hand be enough to bypass a major point of copyright law?<br /><br />Mac<br />(Note: The above word is not my signature. It is just my name. Nor is the word verification I'm about to type in ('dement') my signature. Am I forced to say that continually just in case there is something in the fine print of the blog that deems otherwise?)Mac Harwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12130057839014374504noreply@blogger.com