eBay mutes iTunes song auction
Spinner
Birmingham, UK
On Thursday eBay canceled an auction that was looking to resell a music download that was originally purchased through Apple Computer's iTunes Music Store. Their reason for doing this was said to be because they believed the attempted sale compromised there listing policies.
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Web developer George Hotelling had put the song up for auction Tuesday evening, hoping to highlight the problem.
"eBay shutting down the auction for violating its terms of service doesn't have much to do with the original question of whether people can transfer legally purchased music downloads," Hotelling said in an interview Thursday.
Under the "First Sale" doctrine, the owner of a lawful copy of a work is allowed to sell it without the permission of the copyright owner. But such a policy could cause complications if applied to works sold only in digital form.
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