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SHRINK WRAP LICENCE [3 records]

Record 1 2010-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
  • Electronic Commerce
DEF

Type of passive contract which the buyer of a software is deemed to accept by the fact of opening its shrinkwrapped package. This license usually includes terms that (1) prohibit making unauthorized copies, (2) prohibit any modification, (3) prohibit resale, (4) limit use to one or a specified number of computers, (5) limit publisher's liability.

CONT

Shrink-wrap license.- In the computer industry the terms of the software license are usually printed clearly on a sticky seal or are readable on the box, which is covered with a “shrink-wrap” film. Within the box are the disks and manuals and there is usually a notice that says that if you need to return the software the packages must be unopened with the shrink-wrap intact and that software with broken seals will not be reed.

OBS

The term "shrink-wrap" derives from the fact that such agreements used to be included on the outside of the software packaging, visible through the clear plastic shrink-wrap with which the package was sealed.

Key term(s)
  • shrinkwrap license
  • shrinkwrap licence

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
  • Commerce électronique
CONT

Dans le contexte du droit de propriété intellectuelle ou de l'informatique en particulier, il s'agit d'une notion associée à la vente de logiciels qui tend à être utilisée exclusivement dans le cas d'une licence octoyée par l'entreprise qui donne droit à un particulier de faire usage de ses produits emballés et scellés afin de protéger la fiabilité et la qualité de ces produits informatiques.

CONT

[...] un paiement fait (i) en vue d'utiliser, ou d'obtenir le droit d'utiliser, au Canada, des biens... ou toute autre chose", à moins que le paiement soit pour ce que l'ADRC appelle un logiciel ayant une licence sous emballage scellé ("shrinkwrap") ou que l'exception en vertu du sous-alinéa 212(1)d)(vi) s'applique).

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Copyright
CONT

The conditions of lawfulness of user licenses and, in particular, licenses in plastic packaging, known as «shrink wrap», ... are questions which fall under the jurisdiction of the domestic law of each country. Generally, however, the validity of «shrink wrap» licenses in most countries is determined by the case-law applicable to adhesion contracts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droits d'auteur
CONT

Les conditions de validité des licences d'utilisation et, en particulier, des licences sous emballage de plastique dites «shrink wrap» [...] sont des questions qui sont du ressort du droit interne de chaque pays. En général, la validité des licences dites «shrink wrap» relèverait dans la plupart des pays de la jurisprudence applicable aux contrats d'adhésion.

OBS

[...] cette licence est emballée avec le programme d'ordinateur sous forme «shrink wrap» et [...] elle n'est pas visible au moment de l'achat dans une boutique.

Spanish

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Record 3 1996-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade
  • Translation
Key term(s)
  • shrink wrap licence

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur
  • Traduction

Spanish

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