| brent timothy saner on 21 Feb 2014 09:46:35 -0800 |
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| Re: [PLUG] Signing contracts digitally? |
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 02/21/2014 12:42 PM, Michael Leone wrote: > On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 12:35 PM, brent timothy saner > <brent.saner@gmail.com> wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 >> >> So informally, we know that digital signatures *can* be accepted >> in UK/Europe court of law, generally speaking. If my reading is >> correct.[0] >> >> However, what is the status of this in the US? > > > I would only accept the word of a lawyer on this, not a mailing > list opinion. i ask because we *have* lawyers on our mailing list, and ones who actually know that the plastic thing that pops out of your computer is a cd tray, not a cupholder. > Not on something that might be legally binding, and for which you > might be held accountable. And even then, a lawyer who hopefully > had experience in this kind of law. While that's not a full > guarantee, a legal opinion by a trained professional would hold a > whole lot more weight in court. > > FWIW. see above. i *did* find this: http://psmay.com/notary/ however, he's in indiana. so i'd assume it'd be possible, but i'm wondering if philly has anything like it. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJTB5D0AAoJEIwATC+TSB9rwbkP/RKE39ZqNvPnX1SNzhl/QJBE bomgjm0rFrVcdYtW5iQiP6V0hIoHpHzZ8HSBJFqCWKau++4G5nURa/tsevLSPMhm Ay2ODr3BegCFOKwflceMs/oZW1rtVGii3Gpj+3CB0DPDqMPZZLgiT/ofZInRwXqq +SWSIxN54YxbjLgZ1Bn0lY7EFXW575iYvsrGK4MkAsnnlBw4nCxde0Ln03UhsL2F 6PjxdfqBbDf46cBoDQMBp22JDwg4Tf9R99F3S2bma2TlxszXIf40cjqZl7pscEBu 2bgB31p6fO7sT01XAxcPUPd3wKJUmRZxjczrdvcvWTRHhtfA+rxFUJw7zkcB0cYi Ful5F8dclUi6wFpJRkBZTrshI+51epLXrfZHtKERsIwQF5FV5JYyif61dcvpDt4o Hp8AmPbJj2VWsARPN4YE6hDkobJCRPQHSShkI9L1QgYVncl2++5pmaMwA2FWSWtM nbPXJBuji9vAPoP3GGMXkZqm7AbgJ/NyykV4XVD6z2F0WhpUxTIvVtweexy8Ls+I 3YvR4D3omXagikThl6DL/eOs81EJOuxwfSLujVFUdcEs0NzDQ6mupTknY5zr/DTQ 0693daMtuT88SiAfGZhHsMqNS2AQMLFu+YIItlP/WYyIIrzyVPnc5/Yst1eW3gbl BTjEm7ij8R2kEYFL0FdD =ybnp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug