Who owns the downline?
Actually no one owns the downline. Distributors enter into an individual contract with the company. Inherent in the contract is the company s agreement to pay overrides on the downline sales organization of the distributor. However, downlines are people and no one owns people. On the other hand, companies provide distributors with computer printouts and genealogical reports, which the companies view as proprietary and confidential. Companies do expect that distributors will not use printouts to solicit for other opportunities, or to conduct mass mailings or in any other way utilize computer printouts to compete.
