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1. Comment - eBay and software group butt heads over stopping piracy

   (Aug 4, 2008 - 1:55 PM)

   eBay is a medium for individuals and some businesses to sell items. If eBay becomes overly restrictive in what it allows to be sold, then the customers will either go to another, not as supportive auction site, or sue eBay for making value judgements on what is being sold. eBay has several programs which target counterfeit goods and allow greater access to rights holders to stop counterfeit goods from being sold. These programs may not be perfect, but they allow some recourse to the rights holder.
   
   eBay investigative staff have a tough job, with stopping consumer fraud taking priority and then followed by other types of criminal activity. Investigators cost money, much of it taken as a cost of doing business, but eBay seems to be trying to do the best by balancing the needs of rights holders with with rights of sellers to sell their merchandise. It's a tough spot to be in, but they are a large target if a group can convince a jury that eBay is at fault. The downside if that occurs is that everyone else loses.