RE: Shrinkwrap contract on books

["Rick Anderson" <rickand@unr.edu>]

> "The Maryland Bar Assn., along with hundreds of other trade groups, is
> shrink-wrapping a contract with many of its publications. The contract is
> meant to be binding on anyone who breaks the plastic seal. Among its
> terms: No reselling, loaning, or giving away the book.

Interesting.  I wonder if the terms of the license are viewable through
the shrinkwrap?  If not, it seems to me that the "contract" would not be
binding in a non-UCITA state.

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