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An Analysis Of Email Disclaimers

Posted by timothy on from the by-reading-this-you-agree-to-send-your-sister dept.

akintayo writes "Recently more amd more organisations have required email sent from their accounts to contain an attached disclaimer. This disclaimer is supposed to describe the recipient's rights to 'use' that email. This slate article analyzes the legality and impact of one such disclaimer, and finds it somewhat lacking."

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  1. My new sig by fungus · · Score: 1, Redundant

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  2. Re:Extreme example by dizco · · Score: 0, Redundant

    That actually seems quite reasonable, compared to most. It doesn't demand anything, threaten you with legal crap, and says "please" and "thank you"