[UA] Occult Hoaxes (old thread with multiple titles--you all know what I'm talking about)

[Timothy Ferguson]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ysidro" <ysidro at bellatlantic.net>

> Simple.  First, you never entered into a contract with anyone for that
> movie.  You simply claimed you'd be willing to pay for it.

Hey, Greg!

-Never- give legal advice when you are clueless!

Sorry to get all flamy here, but your advice is utterly wrong, and much as
any other sort of utterly wrong legal or medical advice it can only hurt
others.

An open offer, like writing on the web that you will pay $400 to someone who
does X, in many juristictions, including mine and I believe the US, is
enforcable if someone does X and the enforcement is under contract law.  You
can make a contract by making an open offer to the public and having person
X respond.  You have the basics of desire to treat and exchange of utility.
We even have a test case based on a TV ad.

> Two, it doesn't exist.  If they make it, it's obvious it's not the
> version you were looking for.  :)

> I'm pretty sure you can't just send someone something and say they owe
> you money.  If so, expect a chewed up pen cap worth $200 in a few days.

If you make a public offer, then people -can- just send you stuff and expect
payment.  If you don't make the offer, then no, they can't.


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