[messaging] [FORGED] Re: On Signed-Only Mails

[Phillip Hallam-Baker]

On Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 9:19 PM, Peter Gutmann <pgut001 at cs.auckland.ac.nz>
wrote:

> Moritz Bartl <moritz at headstrong.de> writes:
>
> >This is a dangerous and wrong statement. For one, you are making a case
> >based purely on previous cases in US courts, which is a very US-centric
> >view, and dangerous for a discussion that potentially affects all
> >jurisdictions.
>
> Uhh... have you even looked at the reference in question?  Stephen Mason
> is a UK barrister, and he cites digital signature legislation and case law
> in the UK, Europe, Asia/Pacific, Africa, and others.  Some of the chapters
> are:
>
>   2 International initiatives
>   3 European Union Directive on electronic signatures
>   4 England & Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland
>   5 International comparison of electronic signature laws
>
> >US law... US courts... US jurisdictions
>
> Tell you what, I'll give you a week or two to go away and read the book,
> and
> then you can post an updated version of your message that actually
> addresses
> the point.
>

​How about you give him the $250 to buy the book as well?

​I suggest Ford and Baum on Electronic Commerce, much cheaper if you can
find a copy.


​The book is about electronic signatures, not digital signatures. And I
really don't think that work remotely supports the argument you are making,
rather the opposite.

​Use of a digital signature in place of a mail is really not going to make
things worse than they already are. Either you are in a jurisdiction where
the only contract terms that are binding in the courts are ones made
through processes specified by the govt (and frequently taxed) or you are
in a common law jurisdiction where this is an electronic signature:
​
Peter.

There are things that can be done to make the situation more clear and they
can be enforced legally with a high degree of probability.
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