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worikyesterday at 7:46 PM1 replyview on HN

Here in New Zealand those pages and pages of fine print are disappearing as they are no longer enforceable.

The only things in a contract that can be enforced must be stated plainly and clearly

Turns out there are o ly a few conditions that are actually necessary


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nickffyesterday at 8:00 PM

Most long contracts are a reaction to 'failure to warn' lawsuits where plaintiffs (successfully) argued that they should have been notified of something. The problem is that when you add up all those 'somethings', you get absurdly long documents.

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