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Ben Phelan  
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 More options Oct 14 2012, 1:56 pm
From: Ben Phelan <bem...@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2012 10:56:15 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Sun, Oct 14 2012 1:56 pm
Subject: Re: Launching websites without a lawyer
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Unfortunately, because you are in Germany, I suspect you likely will need
professional legal advice.  The laws here are quite strange, quite
specific, quite detailed and quite inflexible.  

If you're in or close to a large city there is probably a reasonable
start-up scene with meetup groups, mailing lists, incubators, etc.  If I
were you I'd find these and go ask for advice from other German start-up
founders.

Another possibility is that there may exist some state-funded entities set
up specifically to help people in your situation.  I know of several of
these in my home country (Australia), and at least one in Bavaria, so they
probably exist in other German states too.  There you might find relevant
templates for the kinds of legal documents you're looking for as well as
other free legal advice.

On Friday, October 12, 2012 4:19:37 PM UTC+2, maikklein wrote:

> Hello,

> I am a student which implies that I don't have too much money to spend.
> Now I like to innovate things and I want to launch some websites in the
> future.

> But there is always the fear to be sued. The last project that I started
> with play2 in java, I came pretty far, but at some point I had to write so
> many things and it felt just wrong. Then I switched to scala and lift which
> is literally awesome.

> It is just, I am not sure if I want to rewrite it because the
> idea involves spending money to get people to write guides for you. But
> where money is there are always people who want to take it from you, right?
> (Maybe I am overreacting)

> So I spoke to a local lawyer. I asked him to write some simple TOS etc for
> me, but the price is just insane. Couldn't afford it even if the site would
> generate a decent income.  

> I live in Germany and if I want to have some income I would have to found
> a company. There are some "cheap" alternatives for example I only need 1€
> to found it, but the register costs are around ~500-700€, which is pretty
> high. But this would guaranty me that I can't lose more then I have
> invested. The other alternative is to found a "private" company which costs
> much less but doesn't give me any protection.

> What is you experience about the whole legal thing?

> So I have to look for some really cool ideas which are fun to create and
> have a very low chance to be sued.

> At the moment I would love the create something like dropbox but this
> will probably get me sued in no time.

> Why can't I just be innovative and create something that I want to create
> without having to spend my whole money just to protect me against legal
> issues? :(


 
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