Re: Boycott on Unisys still effective

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From: Sakari Jalovaara
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 1995 09:22

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>> [press releases are often legally binding]
>You mean email is now recognised legally?

Yes indeed, it seems email is recognised legally.  One person has
faced charges in court for E-mailing death threats to the US president.
He pleaded guilty; I don't know what his sentence was.  ("Wired"
magazine 2.10, page 33.)  I remember hearing there have been on-line
libel suits.

>I'd estimate 10 minutes for
>any halfway competent lawyer to get out of any Internet post being binding.

Is there some fundamental reason why Net postings wouldn't be as binding
as words on paper?  Posts can be forged.  So can paper - steal some
company letterhead and print a press release on it.  Same goes for
telephone conversations or saying something on TV.

If you want to weasel out of it later you'll have to lie fairly
convincingly to people who make a living trying to figure out
if you are telling the truth.
									++sja

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From: sja@snakemail.hut.fi (Sakari Jalovaara)
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Subject: Re: Boycott on Unisys still effective
Date: 15 Jan 95 09:22:20 GMT
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