eBay prohibits sellers from listing CDs, DVDs, VCDs and screen saver programs that contain multiple images, still photographs, or videos of multiple celebrities and models.
Selling photography and images of celebrities ("Celebrity Material") often involves both intellectual property rights (like copyrights) and rights of publicity (a person’s right to control commercial exploitation of his or her image, likeness etc.) which may be owned by people other than the person listing the item for sale. Sellers need to be certain that their listings comply with third party copyrights and/or rights of publicity.
Violations of this policy may result in a range of actions, including:
Listing cancellation
Limits on account privileges
Account suspension
Forfeit of eBay fees on cancelled listings
Loss of PowerSeller status
The following are examples of items that may not be listed on eBay:
Why does eBay have this policy?
eBay has this policy because it is illegal to sell unauthorized copies of media, including software, music, video games, and movies. Additionally, it may violate a person’s right of publicity to compile and sell images of them. When you list an unauthorized copy of media items, you are breaking the law and infringing the intellectual property rights of a company or individual.
