On Mon, 2011-04-18 at 20:02 +1000, Elizabeth Dodd wrote: > On Mon, 18 Apr 2011 08:40:45 +0200 > Fabio Alessandro Locati <[email protected]> wrote: > > > In all the countries I know of ticking a checkbox is comparable to > > sign a printed contract, so I thin is pointless to have a written > > contract or a Copy&Past thing ;) > > add Australia to your list of places where ticking a checkbox is NOT > comparable to signing a printed contract. > > > Quotation from an Australian Copyright Council Information sheet > G102v01 > > Elements of a contract > The following elements must be present before you have a contract (a > legally binding agreement): > • an offer; > • acceptance; > • benefit to all parties (“consideration”). > Sometimes, a party does not want to accept the terms initially offered > and makes a “counter-offer”, which may then be further negotiated. A > contract is not binding until an offer is accepted without further > conditions. Terms and conditions are generally set at the time of > acceptance and cannot later be changed or revoked without all parties > agreeing to the new terms. > >
where does this say that ticking a checkbox is not an acceptance of an offer? And there is nothing unique about this - derived from English common law and the same terms are there in *all* jurisdictions that derive from common law. -- regards KG http://lawgon.livejournal.com Coimbatore LUG rox http://ilugcbe.techstud.org/ _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
