New rules for Internet sales to CA buyers
Toto
toto at sk.sympatico.ca
Sat Jan 4 21:10:38 PST 1997
Ian Goldberg wrote:
> So is this saying that a merchant _anywhere in the world_ can be prosecuted
> under California law if someone in California goes to their web page,
> and the web page doesn't satisfy the requirements (which I snipped)?
>
> How is a merchant in, say, Finland, supposed to know that this law (or others
> like it in any city, state, or country in the world) exists?
Ignorance is no excuse for violating the law. This is a standard
legal
principle which can be loosely translated as, "It's not 'our' problem
that you're not psychic, sucker."
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