Copyright Transfer As a Click-through – It’s So Easy to Sign Away Your Rights
“… Usually, we click these licenses with even a slight bit of annoyance. Occasionally, as a nod to that annoyance, there might be a cute note next to the assent tick box that reads: ‘The lawyers made us do this’. This cuteness belies the importance of the rights that one is signing away by agreeing to these terms of service …” (more)
[Todd Carpenter, The Scholarly Kitchen, 6 March]
Tags: copyright, internet