Terms And Conditions Questions


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Profit Share with Customers

Has anyone here ever tried giving a share of company profits to regular clients? We are thinking of allocating about 30% of after tax profits to a pool in which our regular customers share. The...

asked Apr 18 '12 at 18:05
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Jacques
6 points

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Why is it that after removing any liability, warranties have expressions like "but in any case not more than $1.50"?

If the non-liability works – it works. If not – why would the second part work?

asked Apr 18 '12 at 22:37
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Startup1
90 points

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Image uploading app - Terms of service

I'm currently working on a simple image uploading app that lets you upload images to services like Flickr and Facebook. Do I need a terms of service or some other kind of disclaimer for an app like...

asked Apr 5 '12 at 23:15
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James
6 points

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4 Answers
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How to specify that you are not going to share information with third party in Terms of Service

I'm running a site where users generate their data and store it. I do not share it or plan to share it ever with 3rd party. How do you specify that the site is not going to share information with...

asked Jan 26 '12 at 13:43
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Dev.E.Loper
113 points

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Which Country is Suitable for Legal Protection in Game Automation Software Development

After reading today's Gamasutra article about Jagex vs Impulse Software, and considering my own academic activities, I suddenly became very concerned with my legal protection. As such I would...

asked Jan 24 '12 at 07:15
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Kort Pleco
891 points

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Writing a Terms of Service for my iPhone app that uses Google Analytics

I'm finding a resource for writing a TOC for my app that uses Google Analytics to analyze content traffic. I don't hire a lawyer and just plan to copy from someone else. Could you please point out...

asked Nov 30 '11 at 00:45
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Killua
68 points

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Need a terms of service generator for a web design startup

Does anybody know a good terms of service generator? I need one that, besides inserting company name and etc, will outline my and my customers' rights so I don't have to read the whole thing. I'm...

asked Nov 7 '11 at 07:11
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Rooz Mahdavian
11 points

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What do "DDU Taiwan" and "L/T" mean?

I'm in the U.S. My customer in Taiwan says: Please kindly provide the unit price (based on DDU Taiwan) and L/T. What does "DDU Taiwan" and "L/T" mean? My company has not shipped anything...

asked Oct 21 '11 at 21:46
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Bstpierre
422 points

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Why can't a startup "own" its employees when sport clubs can?

Soccer clubs (at least in Europe) "own" their players for the duration of the contracts. These players are working for their clubs in a very similar way to employees working for startups. My...

asked Sep 30 '11 at 00:21
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David
1,567 points

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Niche News / Forum Aggregation Service Legality / ToS Violation?

I'm operating in a nice profitable niche right now. There are a lot of news and blog sites within the industry and a few very popular forums. My question is would either of the following services...

asked Sep 12 '11 at 17:56
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Nextgenneo
327 points

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When should I register as an agent to receive copyright infringement notices?

I am developing a user generated content site right now and its almost finished so I have been researching a bit on what I need to do legally. I know its going to take a lot of hard work and time...

asked Jun 19 '11 at 09:25
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Leo
71 points

3 Votes
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Plain english translation of these finance terms

What does these mean in plain English, guessing the best way to describe it is by giving theoretical numbers for best worst case instances, though that's just my thought - I'll leave it up to you...

asked Jun 3 '11 at 01:56
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Blunders .
899 points

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Equity and compensation for boot strapped venture

I have been approached by a friend to help with the business side of a venture that he has developed/bootstrapped. No external funding until now. He has developed a working product with outsourced...

asked May 25 '11 at 16:30
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Paddy
31 points

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Templates for privacy policy / terms of use for a Web Application

Is there a good resource for templates for those documents?

asked Apr 29 '11 at 04:23
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Ron M.
4,224 points

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What happens if you write a "bad invalid EULA"?

From this answer someone wrote In my EULA I also include that the maximum liability shall not exceed the purchase price of the software and a comment saying also a good example of a bad...

asked Apr 12 '11 at 14:47
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Stu R
66 points

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Saas - Terms of use, privacy policy

We're getting closer to launching our e-commerce platform, that will be hosted on our dedicated servers, provided by a well known hosting company. I suppose it's a good idea to have us covered...

asked Mar 16 '11 at 16:34
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Martin Hn
234 points

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Is "Public Offer" synonym of ToS?

My company provides fee-based online services in addition to a free basic online service and product. We have not bothered until now much with ToS before but with increase of fee-based clients...

asked Mar 5 '11 at 14:57
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Gennady Vanin Novosibirsk
133 points

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What's the difference between customer, client, user and consumer?

My company sells fee-based online services in addition to a free basic online service and product. How would one call an entity subscribed for a free service and distinguishably name another that...

asked Mar 5 '11 at 15:20
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Gennady Vanin Novosibirsk
133 points

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What is the difference between ToS and terms-and-conditions?

I see in this board the two tags: ToS (which I understood as "The Terms of Service") terms-and-conditions The same I see for on-line services. Some companies, providing on-line services, have...

asked Mar 5 '11 at 15:50
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Gennady Vanin Novosibirsk
133 points

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How do I put my conditions for repairing a computer into writing?

I have been a fulltime student recently working on graduate work to complete a graduate degree. While continuing my studies I have maintained my computer hobby. However, recently my computer hobby...

asked Mar 9 '11 at 10:41
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John
106 points