Thanks, Maris, I appreciate your reply.
Hersch
At 11:10 AM 02/01/2001 -0600, you wrote:
>The law is called the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce
>Act. It is described at
> and the text is at
>
>
>
>Maris
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Hersch Nitikman" <hersch@silcom.com>
>To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
>Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 2:18 AM
>Subject: RE: filmscanners: Re: paperless office
>
>
>| Interesting! Was it a Federal law? In what jurisdictions does it apply?
>| Hersch
>|
>| At 06:00 PM 01/31/2001 -1000, you wrote:
>| >A law was just passed here in the US that makes a digital signature (i.e.
>| >email) good in court.
>| >
>| >Spencer Stone
>| >
>| >-----Original Message-----
>| >From: owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
>| >[mailto:owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk]On Behalf Of Gordon Tassi
>| >Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 5:00 AM
>| >To: filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
>| >Subject: Re: filmscanners: Re: paperless office
>| >
>| >
>| >Although we are getting closer to a paperless society, I think that the
>| >biggest
>| >impediment is based on our legal system. Though we could electronically
>| >transmit
>| >signed documents showing some type of commitment to do something, the
>demand
>| >of a
>| >document that has a "fresh" signature is still the legal standard. The
>fax
>| >machine has been around for many years but a document with a real
>signature
>| >is
>| >most often demanded and follows the fax in the mail.
>| >
>| >Paperless will not arrive until a) everyone has a computer, b) they are
>| >willing to
>| >acept a legal commitment via computer, c) the electronic security systems
>| >can
>| >absolutely assure that people cannot be tamper with the records of
>falsify
>| >them,
>| >and d) the courts accept that an an electronic copy is absolute proof of
>the
>| >legal
>| >commitment. We have a long way to go to get to that point. In the
>| >meantime, we
>| >will have to settle for trying to be a society with less paper.
>| >
>| >Gordon
>| >
>| >Arthur Entlich wrote:
>| >
>| > > Laurie Solomon wrote:
>| > >
>| > > > I would suggest (a) that your office is a rarity, (b) your office
>| > > > technically is not a "paperless office" in that you still receive
>| >invoices,
>| > > > receipts, etc. from others that you need to scan in, and (c) most
>other
>| > > > places which are relying heavily on electronic operations still tend
>to
>| >keep
>| > > > paper backup files and archives of their files and records just in
>case
>| >as
>| > > > do their workers for their personal security and use.
>| > >
>| >
>| >Arthur Entlich wrote
>| >
>| > > We have enculturated certain specific habits and styles of
>functionality
>| >over
>| > > many hundreds of years which have involved the use of paper/hard copy
>| >documents,
>| > > books, etc.
>| >
>| > > Ironically, when we have computers that more mimic our relationship
>with
>| >paper,
>| > > we will get closer to the "paperless" society.
>| > >
>| > > Art
>|
>|
>|
