Copyright and the internet
Are shrink wrap licenses worth the paper they are printed on?1. A brief history of Shrinkwrap license 2. What constitutes a binding contract? 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 the name shrinkwrap likeness. The user is deemed to have accepted all the terms of the license by breaking and opening the shrink-wrap. This paper will attempt to define what constitutes a valid contract. After which it will consider whether shrinkwrap licenses falls within the parameters of the definition. It will also look at the effect of legislation on these licenses There are several methods a software producer might use to incorporate a Shrink-wrap license. One is to insert a paper containing the license into the software box. Another is to have the license printed on the back cover of the label of the software box and yet another method is to have the license appear on th
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