Hi everyone, here are my questions : 1. Let's say I want to do a contest on a website. People pay to join a group on my website and every week, I pick one winner and give him money. Is it legal to do this ? 2. Also, I want to know if is it legal to let members on my website bid on something and of course I pay the winner ( sort of gambling ). 3. Is it legal to sell web concept ? ( new web ideas ) Considering that the website is a registered company and that I declare my income and pay taxes. ( valid for all questions asked ) Thank you
you should talk to a lawyer. Random advice form unknown people on a forum will probably get you in trouble. As a random unknown person, in fact, I'd say the answer to ALL your questions is 'it depends'.
Let's say I want to do a contest on a website. People pay to join a group on my website and every week, I pick one winner and give him money. Is it legal to do this ?... We do this on digital point and many sites do it.. it is perfectly legal Also, I want to know if is it legal to let members on my website bid on something and of course I pay the winner: Let them bid using what?.. Your question really doesn't make sense why would you PAY someone to bid for something you have? Is it legal to sell web concept?: I don't know much about this but I know that most ideas can't be copyrighted so that means if someone uses your idea (I mean anyone could think of the same thing) you can't sue them for it
Contentboss: I know this but I wanted to have quick answers lilc800: All right. For the bid question, I will give you an example: I want to sell a brand new tv, I make people bid on it and the winner gets it. (same thing as ebay but with my own concept ) I just want to know if I need to have a licence to do this or I simply pay taxes of the company ? Additional question : I live in Y country and my website is hosted in A country. I pay the taxes here in Y country but should my website follow the laws of Y or A country ? Thank you