Re:Contract by Email
by esquivalience on Thursday August 12, 2021 @03:14PM
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A paper contract can easily change as well. Ultimately it just comes down to people telling the truth in court, supported by evidence. You'd be surprised how often legal disputes come down to this - but people tend to be honest about these things, because fraud is a tough line to cross, and fraud on the court is quite another.
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Preventing a web page from changing requires continuous significant effort. Changing a paper contract requires significant effort, unless you just, you know, lose it, or drop it in the gutter, or something.
Re:Contract by Email
by esquivalience on Thursday August 12, 2021 @07:13PM
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Just print the web page and you have equivalent reassurance.
Yes, if what the parties are looking at to sign is the printed web page. But we're commenting on an article about signing contracts via email. If they each print the web page separately, they may print out different versions of it. A more effective measure would be to send the contract in the email in some kind of self-contained format such as PDF or plain text.