[UA] Occult Hoaxes (old thread with multiple titles--you all know what I'm talking about)

[Timothy Ferguson]

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From: "Ysidro" <ysidro at bellatlantic.net>
To: <ua at lists.uchicago.edu>
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 6:47 AM
Subject: Re: [UA] Occult Hoaxes (old thread with multiple titles--you all
know what I'm talking about)


> Also, I really can't see how anyone can have a legal claim to a
> contract.  What if three people make and send you the video?  Who are
> you obligated to buy from if any?

Lacking a limiting clause (like you'll buy the first copy you receive) you
are required to buy from all of them.

>  What if you entered into an agreement
> with the third guy before you got the others.

It depends on the wording of the offer.

> It's all in how you word it.
>
> Anyway, this is veering sharply off topic.  Is there a lawyer in the
> house?

If there was he wouldn't be allowed to answer you.  Maybe in the US it is
different, but in the Commonwealth juristictions giving free legal advice is
generally an offence against the principles of the Bar..  I know on the
Amberlist our resident lawyers avoid these questions.

> Actually, I do agree with you.  I just can't see how someone sent you a
> tape, you owe them money.  If I walk around and say "I'll buy your socks
> for 20 bucks!" am I obligated to buy their socks?

Yes.  Its an offer to the public.

> Maybe, but chances
> are I'll be thrown in jail for being a public nuisance and not fraud.

This is a civil offence in my juristiction, not a criminal one.  You
wouldn't be jailed unless you refused to pay a civil fine and thus made
yourself in contempt.


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