JK goes after eBay

[Guest]

[kbmum]

There's an interesting story on The Leaky Cauldron about fake JK autos on eBay.  JK has gone on the offensive, since eBay isn't policing its site.

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/MTarchives/007563.php

[Sharon]

Good for her!  I don't think she will get very far - Ebay now seems to be all powerful and a law unto themselves but at least she is trying.  I wouldn't mind putting in a complaint but you have to do it on a specific auction and I would hate to do that on a genuine auto.

But lets face it, it isn't just JKR autos.  How many base trading cards do we see for sale with Dan, Emma and / or Ruperts auto - how many of them look real?

Ebay needs to start taking responsibility for what is being sold, not just grabbing fees.  And they have proved they can do it; look how quickly they removed the Live Aid tickets.  Whilst I didn't exactly agree with people selling these on Ebay, they were neither fake or illegal.