The E-Sign Act is U.S. federal law, so it applies to the United States. But
there are also laws in other countries that may be relevant. For example,
the European Union has issued a directive on electronic signatures, and at
least some of the member states have implemented it. I don't know what
they've all done about electronic agents, but as the law in this area
evolves, it likely to me that many if not most countries will allow
electronic agents to form binding contracts as long as at some point in the
process the person to be bound has agreed to let the agent bind him or her.
> Actually, the federal E-Sign Act (enacted in 2000) provides that a
contract
> may not be denied legal effect because it was created by one or more
> electronic agents (computer programs designed to act independently
without
> contemporaneous human participation).
>
Nice. To which countries does this act apply to?
Do both the sender and recipient have to be covered by
that act?
What if one part the of communcation is in a different legislation?
Hadmut
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