Yeah, and for tax control purposes aswell. As long as you involve money into something, the government want to ensure its fair, so you don't scam people.
Ergo, paid online services hold a minimum quality, online games doesn't involve cheating, products hold what they promise etc. Else it would be easy to start a paid mail service, take yearly payment, and after 2 months, shut down the server and then say "oops, server got a lighting strike and all account data of paid customers burned up". That’s why the government want to enforce a specific minimum quality, including having permanent non-modifiable impressions and similar to ensure you don't cheat with money, and also make sure you are technically able to provide the service you promise to provide (ergo, backup servers, UPS, secured locations etc) That’s also why gambling requires a license, so it can be checked that rules are being followed, that random generators hasn't been tampered with and much more. When you sell a physical thing in a web shop, its easy to judge the quality, since it depends only on the product itself. For example, the strength of a rope or chain can be tested to ensure it meets the quality standard you promise. When you sell a service (access to mail service or TV steam) it also involves things unreachable. For example, its impossible for you as a customer, to make sure your provider has a backup generator to run the service in the event of a power failure. You have to trust the provider's word for that. That’s why, running a PAID online service usually requires permission from the government too, so the government can do regular visits and checks to ensure you do the maintenance and provide the safety you promise or what can be expected by a customer. So the rules in question ONLY applies if you require SOMETHING in favor to provide the service, something that is or can be worth money. It can be ads, it can be payment, it can be requirement to purchase something else, it can be personal details for ad purposes etc. If its free for absolutely no cost, then its "on your own risk". You can't really expect anything if you grab something for free. Then imprint is not required, the electronic service laws doesn't apply, and its totally up to you what you do. If you shut down the service after 2 months of operation, so be it, customers got service for free and cannot expect anything. -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Från: Grant Taylor via mailop <mailop@mailop.org> Skickat: den 22 oktober 2022 18:45 Till: mailop@mailop.org Ämne: Re: [mailop] Tangent: Banks and imprint requirements in Germany _______________________________________________ mailop mailing list mailop@mailop.org https://list.mailop.org/listinfo/mailop _______________________________________________ mailop mailing list mailop@mailop.org https://list.mailop.org/listinfo/mailop
