Only copyright owners, or the copyright owners’ licensees, are permitted to list their products copied onto recordable media (such as VHS tapes, Audio tapes, CD-Rs and DVD-Rs) on eBay. Sellers listing any type of recordable media must state their copyright ownership or license to resell these items in their listings.
Violations of this policy may result in a range of actions, including:
Limits on account privileges
Forfeit of eBay fees on cancelled listings
Loss of PowerSeller status
The following are examples of items that may not be listed on eBay:
Music compilations on CD-R
The entire first season of a television series on one DVD-R
Compilation of 500 "freeware" and "shareware" programs on one CD-R
A VHS copy of a movie taped off of television
CD-Rs containing scanned pages from a book, magazine, manual or other copyrighted written materials that were not written by the seller
The following example illustrates a specific situation:
A local band decides to release its latest album on CD-R. The band may list the album on eBay as long as the listing states that the seller is the copyright owner, and the seller is prepared to prove this to eBay.
A buyer purchases an album on eBay that was released by a local band on CD-R. The buyer may not list the album on eBay, even though the band released the album on CD-R, because the buyer is not the copyright owner.
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Why does eBay have this policy?
The sale of unauthorized copies of copyrighted items is illegal as well as against eBay policy. This policy helps protect buyers from purchasing illegal merchandise, and helps intellectual property rights owners protect their rights.
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