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Robolawyer to Handle Clickwraps?
adelord writes "Recently Wired published an essay by Mark D. Rasch describing the need for a 'browser-based automaton that could be adjusted to match your tolerance for legal mumbo jumbo' to help the user navigate the torrent of user agreements most of us click through without reading. Is this a job for Google Labs, and if not, who else would write the software for it? Do you think it is a good idea? While the legal exposure from writing software that partially fills the role of a lawyer could be enormous, I sure that it would have an ironclad user agreement that I would simply click through in my excitement to use it."
The dangers of knowledge trigger emotional distress in human beings.
...they would have to develop a mechanical hand that could pick your pocket.
it would make more sense to me for someone to write software that would track down the author, or the authoring firm, of each eula down and deliver small electric shocks to them via their keyboards (size of shock could be user-specified).
The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.
-Oscar Wilde
Perl scripts are too ethical to act like a lawyer.
Just as long as Robolawyer started his response with : "IANAL, but...."
to expain the first robolawyer's EULA?
do we get RoboLAPDCops to beat down and mangle anyone who breaks their end of the deals signed by the RoboLawyer on our behalf?
Click here or a puppy gets stomped!
"I am sorry Dave. I cannot allow you to agreee to this agreement."
"Hal...!!! Open the webpage HAL!"
"I'm sorry Dave, it has a Nigerian scam on it."
"Hal!!! It's not a Nigerian scam. It's President Bush's campaign page. I need to read about his views for the big election. Since you wouldn't let me read CNN, this is my next option."
"I'm sorry, Dave, but the answer is still, No."
The dangers of knowledge trigger emotional distress in human beings.
I just cross my fingers and think to myself that clickthrough EULAs can't really be legally binding and then I click away!
the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
"I agreed to WHAT ?!!!!"
the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
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