Questions tagged [adhesion-contracts]
An adhesion contract (also called a "standard form contract" or a "boilerplate contract") is a contract drafted by one party (usually a business with stronger bargaining power) and signed by another party (usually one with weaker bargaining power, usually a consumer in need of goods or services). The second party typically does not have the power to negotiate or modify the terms of the contract.
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Avoiding agreeing to, or amending, digital contracts
Say you are presented with a digital checkbox or a pin pad, a contract with some terms you do not genuinely consent to, and a business process of the counterparty that cannot proceed unless the box is ...
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Can I sneak around my copyleft obligations with adhesion contracts?
Some licenses, like the GPL, mandate that I license derivative works under the same license and not a more restrictive license. I believe this is called "copyleft".
But say I want to have ...
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Can written notices such as company terms and conditions be rejected on grounds of being too long
Sometimes companies post 30 page terms and conditions notices that an end user must accept by clicking in a box. Can such agreements be rejected well after the fact (after clicking) on grounds like:
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Does the US have a rule about onerous contract terms in the fine print?
In the UK there is a legal precedent that unusual or onerous contract terms must be correspondingly prominent; you can't hide them in the fine print of a standard contract. If you try the other party ...
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