Is it legal to build same website like amazon
<p>I would like to know Is it legal to build same website like amazon or any other website's by copying there features.</p>

<p><strong>Example:</strong></p>

<p>I am planning to use amazon as requirement gathering source for my <code>eCommerce</code> project.</p>

<p>I would go to <a href="http://amazon.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">amazon.com</a> and note down all there features and UI design etc, then I would start building website from scratch using the requirement gathered. </p>

<p><strong>Note:</strong></p>

<p>I will not exactly copy the websites design. But only features like Cash On Delivery, Online Payments, Recently Viewed Products etc.</p>

<p>I would like to know how could one gather requirements without looking at competitors or How to get any idea without searching ?</p>

<p>Didn't all similar websites got the requirement's by looking at competitors ?</p>

<p>It is not illegal to make a competing ecommerce site.</p>

<p>What might be illegal is copying the specific details of Amazon.</p>

<p>You should read the primer on copyright on this site (and if someone could link that here and edit this parenthetical out, I would appreciate it, but I don't know where it is nor how Stack software does links) for more information.</p>

<p>Your specific method of requirements development seems like it might open up some vectors of argument in such an infringement case.</p>

<p>Additionally, there <em>may</em> be patent issues.</p>

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