다단계판매에 관한 미국법제 및 정의규정에 대한 연구

“Multilevel Marketing” means the practice of selling Goods, etc. through a multi-layered sales organization in which the seller recruits people as sales agents of a Multilevel network under an agreement that they can receive income from engaging in activities that selling products supplied by the Multilevel Marketing Business Operator directly to consumers and recruiting some or all of the consumers mentioned in subparagraph (a) as sales agents directly below the initial seller’s level who then engage in the same activities as the initial seller. This definition of Multilevel Marketing do not control new door to door sales. Therefore, a definition of Multilevel Marketing must be amended to regulate new door to door sales. 5 revisions on the door to door sales act is left pending at the present National Assembly. But all revisions have problems which pyramid promotional schemes is possible to be legalized. Thus, a definition of Multilevel Marketing should be redefined in view of a definition of american cases.