Turned on its Head?: Norms, Freedom, and Acceptable Terms in Internet Contracting

Name: Turned on its Head?: Norms, Freedom, and Acceptable Terms in Internet Contracting
Cite: SSRN
Year: 2008
Bluebook cite: Richard Warner, Turned on its Head?: Norms, Freedom, and Acceptable Terms in Internet Contracting, SSRN (August 28, 2008) (available at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1260256).
Author: Richard Warner
URL: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1260256
Item Type: article
Summary: Author argues that while internet contracting poses unique and serious problems, standard form contracts like EULAs and TOU can be freedom enhancing rather than restricting. The article suggests that, like with most new technologies, new relevant value-justified norms (like banning reverse engineering and limiting information gathering practices on websites) will emerge and eliminate the offensive terms of internet contracts.