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No, it is just illegal if that someone pretends to have some sort of reseller contract with the restaurant in order to acquire you as a customer. If you go to

No, it is just illegal if that someone pretends to have some sort of reseller contract with the restaurant in order to acquire you as a customer. If you go to some guy, ask him to pick up food for you and the guy agrees for a fee, that's okay. But the incentive must have come from your side, and the guy must not have used the name of the restaurant to advertise for his services or even pretend to be a "part" of the restaurant. Legislation often is widely different for the same eventual business act, depending on how the parties came together. It's not new stuff, real estate agents have had such huge difference for ages (at least in Germany, but I assume that other countries also differentiate depending on who initially hired an agent, even though eventually, the agent ends up having contracts with the selling and buying party).

mytailorisrich 6y ago
The link states: "This bill would enact the Fair Food Delivery Act of 2020, to prohibit a food delivery platform from arranging for the delivery of an order from a food facility without first obtaining an agreement with the food facility... " No question of pretending anything, just literally of doing what you suggest (food pickup for a fee, if that is arranged through an online platform) Using the names of the restaurants you are able to collect from in order to describe your service is obviously fair use of the names.
- Slartie 6y ago
  Look closely. It is just illegal for the food delivery platform to arrange for a delivery. It is NOT illegal for YOU to arrange for a delivery to you, even if you do that through an online platform. Go to Craigslist and offer some dollars to anyone who picks up your food at a takeout place and delivers it to you. You don't have a problem at all with this new legislation, unless of course you want to be the shady middleman. But that's kind of the purpose.
  - mytailorisrich 6y ago
    This is a rather disingenuous take. There is nothing shady in arranging food deliveries. This bill is ill-thought-out.
    - Slartie 6y ago
      In which way is my interpretation "disingenuous"?

mytailorisrich 6y ago

The link states: "This bill would enact the Fair Food Delivery Act of 2020, to prohibit a food delivery platform from arranging for the delivery of an order from a food facility without first obtaining an agreement with the food facility... " No question of pretending anything, just literally of doing what you suggest (food pickup for a fee, if that is arranged through an online platform) Using the names of the restaurants you are able to collect from in order to describe your service is obviously fair use of the names.

Slartie 6y ago
Look closely. It is just illegal for the food delivery platform to arrange for a delivery. It is NOT illegal for YOU to arrange for a delivery to you, even if you do that through an online platform. Go to Craigslist and offer some dollars to anyone who picks up your food at a takeout place and delivers it to you. You don't have a problem at all with this new legislation, unless of course you want to be the shady middleman. But that's kind of the purpose.
- mytailorisrich 6y ago
  This is a rather disingenuous take. There is nothing shady in arranging food deliveries. This bill is ill-thought-out.
  - Slartie 6y ago
    In which way is my interpretation "disingenuous"?