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Email disclaimers are hokum, legally speaking. They're ordinarily seeking to impose a contractual obligation unilaterally. Unless the contract has been freely n
by georgespencer 12y ago
Email disclaimers are hokum, legally speaking. They're ordinarily seeking to impose a contractual obligation unilaterally. Unless the contract has been freely negotiated, in Europe, a party can't be bound to it.
The Economist covered this in 2011: http://www.economist.com/node/18529895 http://www.economist.com/node/18529895
- masklinn 12y ago> Email disclaimers are hokum, legally speaking. That's his point. They're bullshit and a half, but when emails are printed (which is more common than you'd think) they still waste paper and ink.
- georgespencer 12y agoHis point seems to be that it's a waste of ink and paper, not the legal aspect.
- masklinn 12y agoThe article implies he did call them "useless", "meaningless missives" and "sluggish bureaucratic verbiage".