Re: UKNM: International Competitions

[Justine Koder]

Actually, I was always lead to believe that in the UK the price of a stamp

or a local phone bill does not constitute an entrance fee according to the

code of sales promotion practice - it only becomes an entrance fee once you

use a premium rate line or similar and then it falls into the murky world of

the lottery and gaming act (so you have to turn it into a competition -

skill and judgement and no purchase necessary - rather than a 'free prize

draw')


Regards


Justine


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>

From: "Laurence Grayson" <lgraysonmsn [dot] com>

>

To: <uk-netmarketingchinwag [dot] com>

>Subject: Re: UKNM: International Competitions

>Date: Wed, Aug 2, 2000, 11:15 am

>


> Unfortunately, rumblings about the charges associated with making an

> Internet connection are really making this a difficult one to settle.

>

> As with most areas of Web law, there are huge grey areas, but this one has

> potential to get really complicated.

> The argument is fairly simple - the customer is paying for the phone bill

> (in most cases) and this could be considered as an entrance fee as it's

> generating revenue for the site.

>

> I'm currently working for a company that's got some major interests in

this

> subject - we've not got anything solid to report at the moment (can't you

> tell?) but I'll try and keep you posted if this issue gets resolved.

>

> Cheers!

> Laurence


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