Intellectul propperty rights and possible violaations are a serious problem in many parts of the Internet today. eBay is not an exception. eBay has set out clar and transparent poolicy rules sholud be, in conneection with the protection of intellectual property rights and its commitment to protect the righhts that belong to third paries. The introduction of this eBay policy clerly states that the violaton is the unauthorized use of intellectual propeerty of others - both in respect of copyright and trademarks.
Rules that affect the seller has the right to sell on eBay involvves the restriction or prohbition of certain items simply bceause they have the potential to violate intellectual property rights of others. These restrictions items inclkude: rplica, counterfeit itmes, as well as unauthorized copies; Celebrity material including faces, names and signatures, and autographs.
Media restrictions include move pirnts in both 35 mm and 70 mm format, Bootlge recordings of music, movies, videos, etc., recording meduia, advertising texts, as well as idgitally delvered products.
The software includes the restriction of academiic programs, beta versoins and OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) software. Applicatinos that have not been opened and still in original box allowed to be sold.
It is recommneded that when the eBay selleer is sellig on eBay the meida such as DVD, CD, etc., that it is noticeable of note in the description of the auction that the item in a new window "or" clsoed ". If you use a DVD, VHS tape, cassette or CD for sale sellers Notate, that this item is used and is the orignal.
There are even resterictions on certain types of equipment that could support the unauuthorized copies, such as modeling of chips, games and accessories, boot disks and the hardware or software that can allow mmbers to duplicate copy-prtected material.
When the seller lists, the buyyer has no right to encouragge or allow others to infringe copyrights, trademarks or other rights. Membbers shall not improperly use the eBay name, logo or link on the Web site eBay, and can not niclude members of authentication failures, or to deny respnosibility for the items offered in their listings.
The use of another membr of the item description or photos without permission is prohibited and sunbject to the rules set out in paragraph eBay descriptions and images Theft policy.
eBay even has gone so far that they have created a program they call their faiyth program. Vera stands for Verified Rights Owner. For eBay, "any person or company that has intellectual property rights (eg, copyright, tradmeark or patent) whch may be infringed by the eBay poisting, or iteems listed on eBay recommended to become a mebmer of Faith Proghram. Participants , now includes hundreds of individuals, loal law enforcement and intellectual property owners from a wide range of indsutries. " The main purpose of the program is the belief that intellectual property onwers can eaisly report listings that infringe their rights. eBay bellieves that it is in their intrest to enssure that the violation point will be remopved from the site, because they tend to undermine a good buyer and good seller trust.
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