What is the legal age to run a site?

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(06-27-2010 04:04 PM)Technoman Wrote:  No, this is the whole point, if we dont lay rules down now and let them get away with it now, what will our futur as parents be like or the kids of the futur? No rules No Regulations?

Its better to teach them now the right from the wrong so that they can teach there own children of there futur the same.

So that there is a constant flow of rules...

You're over generalising.
The whole point in being a teenager is to break rules, is it not?
This has nothing to do with knowing whether something is right or not - they're not braindead.
I'm sure practically every teen knows they shouldn't be looking at porn, but do you think they care?
Should parents be so draconian to remove their kids' wants of personal privacy?

(06-27-2010 04:23 PM)Harry Wrote:  Thus they cannot legally enforce copyright or anything else.

Copyright is peculiar in that it's automatic.  You don't need to sign anything to own copyright over something.

(06-27-2010 04:23 PM)Harry Wrote:  However if the author is of age and has a signed contract then you better believe they can pursue the matter in court.

Can doesn't mean they will.  Litigation is an expensive and tiresome process, especially in common law countries like the US.
You need to stop thinking about law and more on the realities in an open source community.

(06-27-2010 04:23 PM)Harry Wrote:  Same thing for the buyer. The buyer cannot legally hold a minor responsible because any such contract with a minor is void because the minor cannot sign a legal binding contract. It does not matter what you are doing on or offline.

There are, of course, exceptions.  For example, a kid can go into a store and buy a lolly.  Legally, that is considered a contract.

(06-27-2010 04:23 PM)Harry Wrote:  Too many on here try and get around that by doing basically what you did. Not saying you meant any harm either. There is laws that cover this stuff on the net but most just don't understand or ignore them.

Online, it's much more difficult to enforce things.  For one, the two parties may not exist in the same country, and then it can be a little unclear over what rights each party has.
Getting it to work can be very costly and time consuming.  Reasonable people generally don't bother, unless they can potentially (and with a reasonably good chance) win a large reward for the effort.

$10 subscription fee?  No way anyone's gonna take that to court.