Technology in this case is a double-edged sword. There's no doubt the Internet makes counterfeiting easier. The other side of that is that technology makes it harder to be anonymous. |
That is a copyright violation, one that we don't even need to hear from the rights owner about before removing. |
That sort of thing sometimes happens on high-profile listings, its what we call bogus bidding — people just bidding with no intention to pay for it. People sometimes do that because they think it is funny, and it's not. |
The (trademark) owners are the only ones who can truly understand who owns the rights, and what is fake and what is real. |
The feedback was pretty overwhelming. Farms and for-profit commercial breeders wasn't something that they wanted to see. |
The Reagan memorabilia runs the gamut of his life, everything from an original bumper sticker from the 1980 election to magazine covers and T-shirts. It just shows that Reagan had many admirers. |
The whole purpose of this is to create a safe environment on the site by requiring sellers to offer what we consider to be safer payment services. |
They can say whatever they want about their gross market volume. |
They were going fine, then all of a sudden, over a 48-hour period, it went south. The user account is currently on suspension since Jan. 9. |
This is the first we'd heard of it. The listing is being pulled down as we speak. It's a clear violation. We don't allow people to offer escort services or services of a sexual nature. |
This isn't new. We announced a Safe Payments Policy back in October 2005, and began implementing it in January 2006. It governs the types of payments services that sellers can market in their listings. Of course, due to the nature of eBay being a marketplace, we can't monitor or control how buyers and sellers actually complete payments and transactions. |
Ultimately, this is between the buyer and seller. This is just a venue. |
We applaud Microsoft's efforts and we applaud efforts by any brand owner that takes steps to protect its intellectual property. |
We are extremely gratified that the Supreme Court has chosen to review this case. |
We are looking forward to Wednesday and having our day in front of the Supreme Court. |