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> for any person to be able to read them This should be exploited by challenging the mutuality of the agreement. Unless there is an understanding by both parti
by pdkl95 10y ago
> for any person to be able to read them
This should be exploited by challenging the mutuality of the agreement. Unless there is an understanding by both parties about the basic features and requirements - a "meeting of the minds" - then there isn't a contract.
Currently the "yes, I read that" buttons are used as an indication of having read and understood the contract, but as you said, actually reading all that legalese would take a long time. It may have been hard to prove otherwise in the past, but today we have another option.
We now have algorithms that estimate a given text's reading level. Using that kind of technique we can algorithmically estimate how long it should take for someone to read a document, from which a conservative estimate of the minimum reading time can be derived. It would be short enough that practically everybody exceeds the estimated time. This needs to be purely mechanical.
With a minimum reading time established, every contract should be nullified unless each party was given and used at least that much time to read the document. That is, allowing anybody to "sign" an EULA before $MINIMUM minutes have elapsed should be prima facie evidence that no contact exists.