NYC Man Earns $55,000 A Year Peddling Candy On Subway

Re:NYC Man Earns $55,000 A Year Peddling Candy On Subway by a3camero on Saturday December 03, 2011 @01:51PM (#3308430)

I don't know about "breaking the law intentionally" but here are some examples of things startups have done that other people have thought were illegal. In some of the cases people have thought that so strongly that they've filed lawsuits.

Groupon selling coupons for alcohol in Massachusetts: http://articles.boston.com/2011-03-18/business/29351154_1_gr... (here are some other suits: http://www.portfolio.com/business-news/2011/03/29/groupon-fa...)

Facebook not living up to privacy promises: http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20111129-710865.html

YouTube/Google not paying royalties/failing to control copyright infringement: http://paidcontent.org/article/419-music-publishers-settle-w...

AirBNB's operations in New York: http://www.betabeat.com/2011/05/31/airbnb-takes-manhattan-wi...

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Re:NYC Man Earns $55,000 A Year Peddling Candy On Subway by untog on Saturday December 03, 2011 @02:08PM (#3308491)

If I remember correctly, Uber is also facing legal action about the legality of their car service.

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Re:NYC Man Earns $55,000 A Year Peddling Candy On Subway by jrockway on Saturday December 03, 2011 @10:46PM (#3309793)

Somewhat bullshit legal action, though. All they need to do is move their company out of San Francisco and then the City can't do anything about it. Cars for people in California can arranged from anywhere in the world with phone lines and intarwebs, and I doubt the City of San Francisco has much jurisdiction over people in, say, Russia.

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Re:NYC Man Earns $55,000 A Year Peddling Candy On Subway by vacri on Saturday December 03, 2011 @03:27PM (#3308709)

Facebook is a startup?

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Re:NYC Man Earns $55,000 A Year Peddling Candy On Subway by dhs on Saturday December 03, 2011 @04:36PM (#3308930)

Isn't it one until at least the first major exit event happens, like, until an IPO, or something?

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