[IP] Congress presses eBay to gather more data on sellers, goods

[David Farber <dfarber@cs.cmu.edu>]

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From: Fred von Lohmann EFF <fred@eff.org>
Date: October 30, 2007 12:47:46 PM EDT
Subject: [E-PRV] Congress presses eBay to gather more data on sellers,  
goods

When I was at eBay a couple weeks ago, they were very upset about this  
trend. Yet another front in the war on secondary markets. Retailers  
claim this data retention requirement is about stopping crime, but  
it's really about policing the distribution chain by punishing rogue  
distributors who sell into the secondary market.

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> CONGRESS PRESSURED TO REQUIRE EBAY TO POST SERIAL NUMBERS
> Retailers and police called on Congress on Thursday to
> require online auction sites such as eBay to post the serial
> numbers of items for sale to help crack down on gangs of
> professional shoplifters. The Internet auction sites should
> also provide more information about high-volume sellers of
> goods, they said.
> <http://tinyurl.com/36tsbs> [Reuters]



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