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From: tzs@coho.halcyon.com (Tim Smith)
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Subject: Re: Why to not buy Matrox Millennium
Date: 29 Mar 1996 08:13:28 GMT
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Terry Lambert  <terry@lambert.org> wrote:
>4)	Shrink wrap licensing has been struck down in every state
>	in the United States, except two.  The "agreement" under
>	discussion is a shrink wrap license.

Do you have any references for that?  Back when I had free access to Westlaw
and LEXIS, I could only find two appellate decisions dealing with shrink wrap.
Unless a lot has happened in the last year, shrink wrap has not even been
considered in most states, let alone struck down.  (I think it would be
struck down if considered, under UCC 2-207, by the way).

--Tim Smith