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Software Industry Trade Group SIIA May Sue eBay Over Counterfeits

  
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Software Industry Trade Group SIIA May Sue eBay Over Counterfeits
07-28-2008, 08:08 AM,
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Software Industry Trade Group SIIA May Sue eBay Over Counterfeits
Quote:A software industry trade group said Friday it could sue eBay (NSDQ: EBAY) for failing to do enough to prevent the sale of pirated software on the online auction site.

The Software & Information Industry Association said eBay has refused to take several steps recommended by the group to help reduce sales of illegal software. Despite a few years of discussions, eBay refuses to do more than just take down auctions of software that the SIIA has identified as pirated.

"Once notified, they will do something," Keith Kuperschmid, senior VP of intellectual property policy and enforcement for SIIA, told InformationWeek. "What they won't do is what we consider pre-emptory, proactive measures."

Those measures include placing a notification in the buyer feedback section that the seller has had pirated items removed from the site; penalize sellers of illegal software, even if it's their first offense; and develop technology to try to find repeat offenders who use multiple identities on eBay...

full article: http://www.informationweek.com/news/inte...=209601138
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Auctionbytes, eBay responds:

Quote:Regarding the SIIA's request for eBay to add a notation to sellers' feedback if they had received a takedown request from an IP rights-holder, England said eBay works with organizations and takes suggestions, but said eBay must balance those suggestions with the marketplace and its users. "Changes to feedback are sensitive. Before we consider making a change, we must measure the potential impact on the community as a whole. The (SIIA proposal) is a broad sweeping change."...

full article: http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y08/m07/i29/s01
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