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		<title>By: Moments of Fame &#171; Funny about Money</title>
		<link>http://funny-about-money.com/2009/01/03/read-that-contract/comment-page-1/#comment-2451</link>
		<dc:creator>Moments of Fame &#171; Funny about Money</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 03:56:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] 48th Money Hacks Carnival, with nifty and apposite presidential quotes. Funny&#8217;s squib about the importance of reading contracts before signing them appears under (gasp!) Ronald Reagan&#8217;s handsome photo. Budgets are Sexy [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] 48th Money Hacks Carnival, with nifty and apposite presidential quotes. Funny&#8217;s squib about the importance of reading contracts before signing them appears under (gasp!) Ronald Reagan&#8217;s handsome photo. Budgets are Sexy [...]</p>
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		<title>By: She who squawks gets &#171; Funny about Money</title>
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		<dc:creator>She who squawks gets &#171; Funny about Money</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:14:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] who squawks&#160;gets January 5, 2009   So after our Copyeditor&#8217;s Desk client tried to faze an indemnity clause past us in our 2009 contract, I politely demurred. We couldn&#8217;t, said I, sign a contract in which [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] who squawks&nbsp;gets January 5, 2009   So after our Copyeditor&#8217;s Desk client tried to faze an indemnity clause past us in our 2009 contract, I politely demurred. We couldn&#8217;t, said I, sign a contract in which [...]</p>
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		<title>By: funnyaboutmoney1</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:23:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It would be expensive to hire a lawyer to read every contract that you sign, although for major purchases and large loan (such as mortgages and car loans), it&#039;s probably a good idea.

Some contracts are unenforceable because they are unreasonable--it&#039;s possible that some of those wacky &quot;agreements&quot; that come with downloads fall under that heading; besides, I wonder whether clicking on a button equates to signing a contract. For one thing, ANYONE could have clicked that button. In most states, contracts with minors are unenforceable. Who&#039;s to say who was using your computer at the moment the download happened? A &quot;contract&quot; with no actual human signature is highly suspect.

However, something you do sign (assuming you&#039;re of age) is indeed enforceable. Just watch anything that says the signer (i.e., you) will pay. Pay what? Under what circumstances? And for sure, never agree to sign anything that says &quot;pay for our lawyers&#039; fees.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It would be expensive to hire a lawyer to read every contract that you sign, although for major purchases and large loan (such as mortgages and car loans), it&#8217;s probably a good idea.</p>
<p>Some contracts are unenforceable because they are unreasonable&#8211;it&#8217;s possible that some of those wacky &#8220;agreements&#8221; that come with downloads fall under that heading; besides, I wonder whether clicking on a button equates to signing a contract. For one thing, ANYONE could have clicked that button. In most states, contracts with minors are unenforceable. Who&#8217;s to say who was using your computer at the moment the download happened? A &#8220;contract&#8221; with no actual human signature is highly suspect.</p>
<p>However, something you do sign (assuming you&#8217;re of age) is indeed enforceable. Just watch anything that says the signer (i.e., you) will pay. Pay what? Under what circumstances? And for sure, never agree to sign anything that says &#8220;pay for our lawyers&#8217; fees.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Mrs. Accountability</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mrs. Accountability</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 02:20:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hmmm... good advice to read the contract, but that mumbo-jumbo rarely makes sense to me.  I&#039;ve always said the &quot;I agree&quot; buttons when downloading new programs to my computer are one day going to include something like &quot;Your firstborn child will become ours&quot; or something equally frightening because who ever reads through those?  I used to when I first got a computer 20 years ago, and onto the &#039;net a few years later, but they go on forever!  I would never have caught that that was an indemnity clause... can we hire a lawyer to warn us about those types of things?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hmmm&#8230; good advice to read the contract, but that mumbo-jumbo rarely makes sense to me.  I&#8217;ve always said the &#8220;I agree&#8221; buttons when downloading new programs to my computer are one day going to include something like &#8220;Your firstborn child will become ours&#8221; or something equally frightening because who ever reads through those?  I used to when I first got a computer 20 years ago, and onto the &#8216;net a few years later, but they go on forever!  I would never have caught that that was an indemnity clause&#8230; can we hire a lawyer to warn us about those types of things?</p>
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		<title>By: Katharine</title>
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		<dc:creator>Katharine</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:25:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Right on!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Right on!</p>
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