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A '''browsewrap license''' (also called a '''usewrap license''') refers to |
A '''browsewrap license''' (also called a '''usewrap license''') refers to |
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+ | {{Quote|"terms and conditions, [[post]]ed on a [[Website]] or [[accessible]] on the [[screen]] to the [[user]] of a [[CD-ROM]], that do not require the [[user]] to expressly manifest [[assent]], such as by [[clicking]] 'yes' or 'I agree.'"<ref>[[Southwest Airlines v. BoardFirst|Southwest Airlines Co. v. BoardFirst, L.L.C.]], 2007 WL 4823761, at *4, n.4 (N.D. Tex. Sept. 12, 2007) (citations omitted).</ref>}} |
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+ | "Browsewrap exists where the online host dictates that assent is given merely by using the site."<ref>Berkson v. Gogo LLC, 2015 WL 1600755, at *25 (E.D.N.Y. Apr. 9, 2015).</ref> "Browsewraps can take various forms but basically the website will contain a notice that—by merely using the services of, obtaining information from, or initiating applications within the website—the user is agreeing to and is bound by the site's terms of service."<ref>[[U.S. v. Drew|United States v. Drew]], 259 F.R.D. 449, 462 n.22 (C.D. Cal. 2009).</ref> "For an internet browsewrap contract to be binding, consumers must have reasonable notice of a company's 'terms of use' and exhibit 'unambiguous assent' to those terms."<ref>''Berkson,'' 2015 WL 1600755, at *26.</ref> |
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== References == |
== References == |
Latest revision as of 20:42, 21 June 2015
Definition[]
A browsewrap license (also called a usewrap license) refers to
“ | "terms and conditions, posted on a Website or accessible on the screen to the user of a CD-ROM, that do not require the user to expressly manifest assent, such as by clicking 'yes' or 'I agree.'"[1] | ” |
Overview[]
"Browsewrap exists where the online host dictates that assent is given merely by using the site."[2] "Browsewraps can take various forms but basically the website will contain a notice that—by merely using the services of, obtaining information from, or initiating applications within the website—the user is agreeing to and is bound by the site's terms of service."[3] "For an internet browsewrap contract to be binding, consumers must have reasonable notice of a company's 'terms of use' and exhibit 'unambiguous assent' to those terms."[4]
References[]
- ↑ Southwest Airlines Co. v. BoardFirst, L.L.C., 2007 WL 4823761, at *4, n.4 (N.D. Tex. Sept. 12, 2007) (citations omitted).
- ↑ Berkson v. Gogo LLC, 2015 WL 1600755, at *25 (E.D.N.Y. Apr. 9, 2015).
- ↑ United States v. Drew, 259 F.R.D. 449, 462 n.22 (C.D. Cal. 2009).
- ↑ Berkson, 2015 WL 1600755, at *26.