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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;NPCoin, post: 628663, member: 5629&quot;]Neither do I, but the biggest problem is not the knowledgeable coin connoisseur, but grandma or grandpa, or even ma and pa, who go onto eBay to look for a great present for their coin collecting young&#039;un. It is the ignorant* who are left with the chaff.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The owner of the building at your local coin shop may very well also be providing a venue for the sale of counterfeit merchandise. Does this mean that the building owner&#039;s activities of renting the building to a coin dealer who sells some counterfeits is committing illegal actions?</p><p><br /></p><p>Why does an ISP not get towed into court when a computer cracker is caught and arrested? The ISP provided the service and venue for the cracker to conduct his illegal activity.</p><p><br /></p><p>The point is, eBay is a venue. I have even used this very fact in dealing with eBay and PayPal a few times when they tried to interfere with a contract. Regardless, eBay does have and implements policies against illegal activity on their venue.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the problem. Your definition of sufficiency in prevention may not necessarily be that of others. If such an item came before a competent jury, do you truly believe that there is the greater chance of convincing them that your definition is any better than eBay&#039;s? This is where the fight is. If you can convince a jury to your side on this issue, then the case against eBay would be much stronger.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the Tiffany case, one of the issues was that of counterfeiting. Tiffany made the same arguments that eBay&#039;s active role against counterfeits was not sufficient. The court disagreed. This is the point that the &quot;battleground&quot; will most likely stand.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="1">*<i>ignorant</i>: Destitute of knowledge; uninstructed or uninformed; untaught; unenlightened.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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