From: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 01:41:47 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: PGP signature legal standing?
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Russell Nelson <nelson@crynwr.com> writes:

> Is there any legal standing for a PGP signature?  I'm tired of my
> luser customers faxing me legal documents, then expecting me to sign
> it and fax it back.  Yeah, right, like photoshop can't cut-n-paste.
> I've got a fax modem on my Linux box, so I'm going to start (in fact
> have started) uuencoding the .g3 file, indicating my assent, and
> emailing it back to them.

IANAL, but: what if you first sign a paper contract saying that PGP
signatres are binding?

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Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM
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