Horror Stories

Below are some links I have compiled that demonstrate the bogus use of the DMCA and the eBay VERo program. Other abuses of eBay sellers are listed here too. These are worthwile reading and will help you understand the whole takedown process.

Printer manufacturer tries to eliminate eBay competition:

     http://www.citizen.org/pressroom/release.cfm?ID=2183

Autodesk tries to prevents sales of its software on ebay:

     http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080523-court-smacks-autodesk-affirms-right-to-sell-used-software.html

Companies Claim Right to Interfere with eBay Auctions for Charging Too Little:

     http://pubcit.typepad.com/clpblog/2007/07/leegin-and-ebay.html

Retailers ban eBay sellers from buying their products (very informative):

     http://blog.auctionbytes.com/cgi-bin/blog/blog.pl?/comments/2007/8/1186587390.html