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This does not mean that. This means that if you are a store and you sell something, you are liable.

Is a marketplace of vendors a store? No. Is a piece of software that enables a vendor a store? No. Is a store that runs software to host products from distributors a store? Yes. That's Amazon.

Slippery slope averted.




Largely agree with your assessment, but...

>Is a store that runs software to host products from distributors a store? Yes.

Is not valid (presupposed outcome)

Did you mean,

Is a marketplace implemented via software to host products from multiple suppliers a store?

Conclusion: Yes. It is. It has inventory. It brokers sales and transactions. It is a store.




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