[OT] Interesting almost-free ISP: Access-4-Free.com

[Brian Kelsay]

Exactly, well said.  Example: I cannot sign a contract to sell my kidney and have it removed.  It 
is illegal in the US to sell human organs.
You can't sign away your right to due process either.  AS much as companies want you to believe it, 
even though you sign a contract to hold them blameless for this or the other thing, you can still 
come back and sue them on some issues regarding the product or service or it's failure to work as 
advertised.  Some of this falls under false advertising, etc.

Brian Kelsay

>>> Dave Hull <> 02/25/04 11:26AM >>>
Quoting DCT Jared <>:

> Actually, since that is the whole point of putting something
> in a contract, it does. IANAL, but I do know that one.
> 
> Contracts are bizarre; once you sign it, of your own free will,
> you are bound to its terms, no matter WHAT it says. That's
> why you read the fine print, and do not sign until the contract
> is written according to _your_ understanding of the agreement.

IANAL either, but I have a good friend who is and I have heard him talk about 
contracts with people several times and I have frequently heard him say, "You 
can't sign away your rights, that contract is illegal," referring to some 
contract or another that some person has signed and later realized it was a 
mistake.

So apparently, just because one signs a contract, doesn't make it legally 
binding, necessarily. Then again, IANAL.