http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/internationalcontests Questions tagged with 'internationalcontests' at Ask MetaFilter. Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:50:53 -0800 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:50:53 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/87248/How%2Ddo%2Dwe%2Dlegally%2Drun%2Dan%2Donline%2Dcontest%2Dfor%2DnonUS%2Dparticipants How do you run an online contest for contestants <em>from any country in the world</em> with real-world prizes (i.e. with $ value) and not spend tens of thousands of dollars on legal fees for compliance with each country's arcane rules? We had talked to lawyers before and they said you should limit to US participants only. The problem is half of our userbase is non-US and we don't want to exclude them. Any experience from anyone? We saw that Crestock's contest was open to anyone in any country. We have no idea if they just bit the bullet and took the risk, or they decided to find a way to comply with any winners' home country rules, or there is a way to say something like "Void where prohibited; participants are responsible for making sure their entry complies with their local laws" and have that actually work. Lawyers have told us that doesn't really hold up. tag:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.87248 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:50:53 -0800 contests internationalcontests onlinecontest sweepstakes oaklandj