Comment 73183

By Robert D (anonymous) | Posted January 19, 2012 at 10:34:54 in reply to Comment 73173

"And ebay - its not just media - its also links to counterfeit goods - which is pretty much all ebay is good for."

Seriously? That's pretty much all ebay is good for? Hyperbole much?

E-bay is great for many things, and counterfeit goods is not one of them. In fact e-bay takes a fairly harsh stand on counterfeit/unofficial reproduction goods when they're reported.

E-bay, like youtube, google and wikipedia cannot police every single article, item, video, link, etc. that is added to their site, or to the internet generally. They handle violations based on complaints. Could you really ask for anything more?

Who polices classified ads in the newspapers to ensure they aren't selling counterfeit items? What about advertisement for a store selling really cheap DVDs? Does the newspaper have to investigate everyone who pays for an ad to make sure they're not selling pirated DVDs?

We don't expect these kind of safeguards in traditional media/interactions, why is it alright for the MPAA and others to demand this kind of up front security online?

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