On: UK MP calls for email disclaimer ban

[georgespencer]

Email disclaimers are hokum, legally speaking. They're ordinarily seeking to impose a contractual obligation unilaterally. Unless the contract has been freely negotiated, in Europe, a party can't be bound to it.

The Economist covered this in 2011: http://www.economist.com/node/18529895

[masklinn → georgespencer]

> Email disclaimers are hokum, legally speaking.

That's his point. They're bullshit and a half, but when emails are printed (which is more common than you'd think) they still waste paper and ink.

[georgespencer → masklinn]

His point seems to be that it's a waste of ink and paper, not the legal aspect.

[masklinn → georgespencer]

The article implies he did call them "useless", "meaningless missives" and "sluggish bureaucratic verbiage".