contract formation via Twitter?

Some business managers are using social media to execute legally-binding commercial transactions. The enterprise (in this case youtube) needs to evaluate whether and how to archive social media messages under its regular record retention/destruction policy. http://legal-beagle.typepad.com/wrights_legal_beagle/2009/05/facebook-as-a-business-record.html -Ben

in reference to:

"example of an executive using social media to transact substantive, legal business"
- YouTube CEO Offers “YouTube Instant” Creator a Job via Twitter (view on Google Sidewiki)

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