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The click-wrap conundrum
Mark Rasch, 2005-10-24

Suppose you are setting up a website to deliver the latest software, product, or service. Before the site goes live, you go to your lawyer (of course you do, don't you?) who reviews your online privacy policy, your online security policy, and your policy regarding collecting information from or about children. Your lawyer reviews the site overall for anything that might be considered or interpreted a fraudulent or deceptive practice. Of course, if it were up to lawyers, the only content on the Internet would be in the form of disclaimers.

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Re: The click-wrap conundrum 2005-11-04
Roger
Interesting points Dan.

I have also often doubted that click-wrapping even indicates assent. There are two problems. The first is that in most cases, I've already paid for the software before I even get a chance to view the EULA. Now IANAL but I do recall from a civics class long ago that conditi...

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