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Ina Steiner is co-founder and Editor of EcommerceBytes and has been reporting on ecommerce since 1999. She's a widely cited authority on marketplace selling and is author of "Turn eBay Data Into Dollars" (McGraw-Hill 2006). Her blog was featured in the book, "Blogging Heroes" (Wiley 2008). She is a member of the Online News Association (Sep 2005 - present) and Investigative Reporters and Editors (Mar 2006 - present). Follow her on Twitter at @ecommercebytes and send news tips to ina@ecommercebytes.com. See disclosure at EcommerceBytes.com/disclosure/.
eBay wouldnt know what copyright is – if it bit them on the posterior.
eBay is FULL of fakes, copies and replicas – with some listings stating so in the description.
eBay (being who they are and their powerlust for money, routinely ignore US trade law AND copyright law.
Such as:
The first sale doctrine, codified at 17 U.S.C. § 109, provides that an individual who knowingly purchases a copy of a copyrighted work from the copyright holder receives the right to sell, display or otherwise dispose of that particular copy, notwithstanding the interests of the copyright owner.
eBay ROUTINELY removes items at the request of rights holders because the makers “dont recognize the seller as a “dealer” so there for “the product OF COURSE must be fake”. So much for eBays fake VERO dept.
Amazon isnt much better. Despite their statements otherwise – they routinely BLOCK and harass sellers (its the Benjamins baby)
Amazon First Sale Doctrine
The first sale doctrine says that every buyer should have the right to resell an item as long as it remains the same. That’s why it’s okay for these sellers to display and resell items that are branded. They won’t be filed and get suspended for this.Jul 14, 2022
Asking EITHER of these 2 criminals for advise of this topic is beyond reason