Arnoud Engelfriet writes: > Michael Poole wrote: >> Arnoud Engelfriet writes: >> > Without a piece of paper with Adam's signature saying otherwise, >> > the copyright remains with him. So Ed should ensure he does not >> > change the copyright notice. >> >> This is certainly a curious definition of "writing" and "signature" -- >> which is to say it is not one governing the law you quote, or the one >> used any place I know of where the legal system has caught on to the >> digital age. See, for example, 15 USC 7001(a): > > You're right, I wasn't aware the USA had finally incorporated > that into law. We have had similar laws in Europe for about > three years now. > > However I didn't see a signature in the text file. > Only the guy's name.
At least in the US, the relevant law (why I mentioned "affirmative acts") is what make click-through agreements binding -- the act of clicking is the user's electronic "signature". My thought is that his writing out of that paragraph would also suffice to show affirmative assent. (In pre-computer times, did not thumbprints or 'X's qualify as signatures? My understanding is that a contract marked with one of those was generally binding on whomever made such a mark.) Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
