There are alot of internet company that act as a market for people to sell their products online to people around the world. One of the most popular internet company is ebay : http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENUK370&defl=en&q=define:EBay&sa=X&ei=xzjdTMfDF8qXhQf2rb2sDQ&ved=0CBkQkAE
But, do you know that you might actually infringed copyright by selling your products in the ebay. This is an article which is quite interesting about this subject. http://www.trademarkandcopyrightlawblog.com/ The post which i came across was Joshua S. Jarvis, So You Think You Own That Software?
People will usually go onto ebay and bid for the product they want because they might not afford with the price of a new item or they cant find certain product in their country. At this point, ebay is just so convenient for buyer to buy any product from other country. However, end-user should make sure they did not infringe the copyright infringement law before they decide to sell their product on ebay. Otherwise, you wouldnt know when you will be given a notice saying that you had infringed certain copyright law.
As in the case UMG Recordings, Inc v Troy Augusto et al. This case has been appealed to the Ninth Circuit. In my view, Augusto bought the product from a record stores. If these CDs are solely for promotional purposes and not for sale, then Augusto would not be able to buy them in the first place. The case shouldnt be against Augusto for re-selling them in the ebay. The case should be against the record stores because they sold it to Augusto.
And so, we should really think twice before selling our products on ebay because we dont know when we will get sue by the copyright owner.
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