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Signing a contract online

by Ian Omroth Hardingham · in General Discussion · 01/29/2004 (3:26 am) · 4 replies

Hey everyone,

so if I need to sign a contract with someone from another country, do we have to mail the contracts back and forth or is a scan of a signiture legal?

Ian
Mode 7 Games

#1
01/29/2004 (5:04 am)
You need to use a FAX or mail written contracts before its legal (if I recall correctly).
#2
01/29/2004 (7:43 am)
Many states have passed laws allowing digital signatures to have the same force of law *IF* they are handled properly to establish authenticity. That last part is the problem (I was working with a company ... now gone, alas, that was working on that.)

But that's hardly universal, and still too much of a pain in the butt for most people. The technology is going to have to be made simple before it's adopted.
#3
01/29/2004 (7:50 am)
Okay, I'll use a fax.

Cheers,
Ian
Mode 7 Games
#4
01/29/2004 (9:10 am)
Its much better if he sends you a signed version, you photocopy it then send it back, that way you ahve a copy, and he has the original, thats how a paralegal said i should do it