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Originally Posted by lazycash
Bottom line, you hold a contest, you pay. Regardless if you decide to not use it later, people put hard work in with the idea of one winner being rewarded. Google did cache the winning logo, which meant you uploaded it and had it live on the web.
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This sounds
exactly right.
Once you announced the "contest," you were committed to awarding the $50.
If NOBODY submitted a logo, then you could have ended the offer without awarding the $50 (in accordance with the terms of the contest).
Once the FIRST logo was submitted to you for this contest, you were obligated (legally and morally) to paying out the prize money.
Compounding this fantastically bizarre logic (of not paying because you decided not to use the winning logo) is the simple fact that
it was only $50.
Because it was only a $50 prize (and you still refused to award the prize as offered) you should be doubly ashamed of yourself.
If you were smart, you would send that $50 to the person who submitted the winning logo and apologize for taking 2 years too long. Then maybe you could sleep better at night.