Re:How We Created a Fake Vodka Brand to Promote Our Startup
by dragonwriter on Thursday August 01, 2013 @01:41PM
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> There are indeed laws relating to proper labeling of food and alcohol that you sell. They're not selling it.
> There are indeed laws that prohibit people who manufacture alcohol from also being the ones who sell it to consumers. They're not selling it.
They are offering it "in exchange for hosting a party on Speakeasy". Offering a product as in-kind exchange for something else of value very often is legally considered "selling" the product.
There are also laws prohibiting bottling alcohol by anyone other than the (properly licensed) manufacturer of the alcohol without a permit, and they were bottling it (and weren't the manufacturer).
> There are indeed laws that prohibit people who manufacture alcohol from also being the ones who sell it to consumers. They're not selling it.
They are offering it "in exchange for hosting a party on Speakeasy". Offering a product as in-kind exchange for something else of value very often is legally considered "selling" the product.
There are also laws prohibiting bottling alcohol by anyone other than the (properly licensed) manufacturer of the alcohol without a permit, and they were bottling it (and weren't the manufacturer).