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> Is it fraud to "market" something in a not-entirely-honest manner to someone who is not and will not be your customer?

IANAL, but my reading of UK law is yes. The relevant law is section 2 of the Fraud Act 2006 -- http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/35/section/2

Fraud is (I paraphrase) lying to get money. It doesn't matter if the person you're lying to isn't the person you're getting money from.




Is Twitter really "lying to get money" here? They're telling you that you can build your brand on Twitter. And you can. Is it misleading that they don't have a little asterisk that says at the bottom in fine print, "but we may take it away if someone else has a trademark on your brand name"? Yeah, maybe. Is that fraud? Ehhh... I'm not convinced.




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