Copyright and the internet
Are shrink wrap licenses worth the paper they are printed on?
Table of contents
Introduction
1. A brief history of Shrinkwrap license
2. What constitutes a binding contract?
3. Statutory intervention
4. Conclusion
Footnotes
Bibliography
Introduction
The plastic wrap found around the software packet is called the shrinkwrap .Inside the shrink-wrap are user instructions accompanied with a license which proportes to grant the user permission to use the software subject to certain term and conditions in the license. Hence …
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…legislation. The software producer will be able to rely more often than not on the shrink wrap license unless the consumer can prove the conditions in the license are unconscionable. Shrink-wrap license are enforceable unless their terms are objectionable on the grounds applicable to contracts in general ( for example , if they violate positive law , or if they are unconscionable) .It would ,therefore ,seem that the shrinkwrap license is worth the paper it is printed on.
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