[socal-piggies] Email Disclaimers (was: Re: Python job opportunity)

[Inci Ozkaragoz]

Funny, Charles. I think though that the disclaimer has to implicitly
reference some IP laws that exist so that it would hold up in court. Your
disclaimer is not based on any legal rights.

On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 8:29 PM, Charles Esterbrook <
contact at charles-esterbrook.com> wrote:

> You say "It is a legal contract of sorts that you agree to..." but I
> don't think that agreement is even possible:
>
> (a) Reading something does not form a contractual agreement.
>
> (b) The disclaimers come at the end which makes no sense. You wouldn't
> have a conversation with someone and then set terms for that
> conversation after you had it. By the time I have read the last
> content paragraph of one of these emails, I still haven't read the
> statements about "the information contained in this email".
>
> -Charles
>
> DISCLAIMER: By reading the above email, you have agreed to pay me 10%
> of all future revenues derived from employment, contracts, business
> ownership, inheritances and gambling on a quarterly basis.
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 8:05 PM, Inci Ozkaragoz <iozkaragoz at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I think one of the main benefits of the disclaimer is that it allows a
> > company with the disclaimer the legal right to sue any suspect
> > person/organization that allegedly infringes on its IP that was
> transmitted
> > via email. It is a legal contract of sorts that you agree to with the act
> of
> > reading the email. It also acts as a legal warning to those so tempted to
> > misuse the information contained therein. Similar to the copy
> infringement
> > warnings stated at the start of purchased movie videos. It does not
> prevent
> > all thieves from copying, but it does give the law the right to prosecute
> > after warning people of the law.
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 7:40 PM, Dan Stromberg <strombrg at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 6:28 PM, Charles Esterbrook
> >> <contact at charles-esterbrook.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 2:44 PM, Michael Chean <michael_chean at msn.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>> >
> >>> > DISCLAIMER: The information contained in this e-mail is intended only
> >>> > for
> >>>
> >>> Have people using these types of disclaimers enjoyed any benefits?
> >>
> >> I've never heard of a tangible benefit, but that doesn't mean it doesn't
> >> exist.  I've also seen some pretty serious companies that didn't require
> >> them.
> >> It reminds me of a playful series of radio commercials on a Cincinnati
> >> radio station called WEBN:
> >>
> >> Brute Force Cybernetics: The company that creates a need, and then fills
> >> it.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Dan Stromberg
> >>
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