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Farmer ordered to pay after judge says thumbs-up emoji amounts to contract acceptance
(www.theglobeandmail.com)
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People, the defendant had a history of using 👍to accept a contract with the aggrieved. Had done it NP a dozen times before. He was trying to use a technicality to weasel out of breaching a contract he obviously agreed to when he couldn’t fulfill it.
Not only that but by the end of the contract price was up, so farmer would not make as much as on the free market.
Did the article actually say he accepted with thumbs up before? Thought it just said he'd accepted via text.
The point is that now there's a precedent and going forward, that emoji counts as a signature
Not quite, and for 2 reasons: