Right here's the scenario...
Very shortly I shall be adding a subscription service to my site with payments being collected through PayPal. What I need to do however is to create a "terms of subscription" page telling advertisers exactly what they can and can't do and what they can or cannot expect from their subscription...eg. I will not guarantee a certain no. of impressions..etc
Is there anywher that I can find a "pre-made" legal document that I can adapt for my own purposes without having to hire a "million-dollar-per-hour" lawyer!!
Thnx in advance...
Cheers,
Phil
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mjames posted this at 02:20—11th October 2001.
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Hi, flipper, didn't want your thread to go unnoticed, so I wanted to ask, have you tried looking at some competiting sites who do this? There is nothing wrong with looking at examples from other sites and getting ideas, as long as you don't copy!
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Jaiem posted this at 12:41—11th October 2001.
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There are sites that have boiler-plate TOS and AUP statements but you should customize them for your own particular needs. And in any case if you feel the document is important to the business relationship you should have a lawyer look it over anyway.
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openmind posted this at 14:37—11th October 2001.
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Jaiem, any particular sites that you can post?
Adam Oberdorfer posted this at 19:57—11th October 2001.
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Take a look at AllBusiness:
http://www.allbusiness.com/cmt/information/generic.jsp?fname=24990
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openmind posted this at 20:07—11th October 2001.
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Adam,
That is spot on...just what I needed!
One question though...
Most contracts have a section in them stating that the laws of such 'n such a state apply. My web host is based in Canada and I am based in the UK. Should the contracts be based on the laws for Canada or for the UK?
I've just read the above and it doesn't seem very clear but I hop you get what I mean!
Cheers,
Phil
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Adam Oberdorfer posted this at 20:12—11th October 2001.
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Wherever your business legaly resides. It sounds like the UK. For example my business resides in California though I may host my web site else where. Some laws such as content may apply (i.e. some countries may have laws about certain content or e-commerce regulations, california for example requires the address and legal contact information to be listed on all e-commerce sites, which may apply to you if your site is hosting there). Did I totally confuse you?
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openmind posted this at 20:17—11th October 2001.
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Hmmm, you did sorta confuse me
The site is not in the strictest sense, a business. My main job is selling mobile phones(!), the site is a sideline that I hope to generate a second income from. To that end it is not listed as a business...
I think the bottom line would be that law in the UK would preside as this is where I reside! I think I might throw a quick email at my host to see if it makes a difference where the site is hosted...
Thnx again...
Cheers,
Phil
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Jaiem posted this at 13:29—12th October 2001.
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In my non-legal opinion it's the laws of the UK, not Canada, that apply to your contracts.
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openmind posted this at 18:02—12th October 2001.
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Thx Jaiem, thats exactly what my host said in a kinda non-legal way
Thanx for your help guys...
Cheers,
Phil
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Suppliers of SmarterTools, Backup for Workgroups licenses and much, much more![/b]