[governance] Another Immovable Legal Object Meeting An Irresistable Internet Force (this time it ain't Taipei...

[Roland Perry]

In message <F1B2016EB9444E3AA601DFD52D364CBE at userPC>, at 16:09:08 on 
Fri, 12 Aug 2011, michael gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com> writes
>http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/story/2011/08/11/edmonton-groupon-exp
>iry-dates-alberta-law.html?ref=rss

Are the coupons issued in Canadian Dollars, by/to people living in 
Canada?

If so, I can't see why it matters that they were issued through the 
Internet - the appropriate Canadian Law must apply.

(I'm not saying it would necessarily be different if the coupons were 
issued in Japan, in US dollars, and then redeemed in Canada before a 
deadline at some agreed exchange rate, but thankfully the situation is 
simpler in this case I think).

I have a thing which I call my "Yellow Underpants test". When you are 
prohibited by law from doing something, can you say "but it's OK because 
I'm wearing Yellow Underpants, and the law doesn't mention that 
particular situation".

[For "wearing Yellow Underpants" substitute "doing it over the 
Internet"]

ps It doesn't matter whether the person issuing the coupons thinks it's 
"fair" or not for them to expire. That decision was taken away from them 
when the law was passed.
-- 
Roland Perry
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