According to this New York Times article (and other related stories), eBay has been serving as an outlet for thousands of transactions of counterfeit goods. EBay accepts payment from those selling counterfeit goods. It seems like eBay, by having knowledge that a substantial amount of jewelry sold on eBay is counterfeit, is aiding-and-abetting the counterfeiters. If I have time tomorrow, I'll show why there is likely a prima facie case against eBay under the RICO statute. Your thoughts? UPDATE: Aaron Larson notes that eBay's feedback policy likely aggravates the problem of dishonest sellers.
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Thanks for the link. I'll be interested to hear your thoughts.
Posted by: Aaron | January 30, 2006 at 09:08 AM
Here are a couple of my posts to my blog on this very issue:
http://anti-consumer.blogspot.com/2006/03/crime-does-pay-on-ebay.html
http://anti-consumer.blogspot.com/2006/03/crime-does-pay-on-ebay.html
Posted by: Greg Camburn | March 16, 2006 at 12:38 PM