Fwd: [gsc] eBay Sick of Whole "Internet" Thing

[Peter Gutmann]

"R.A. Hettinga" <rah at shipwright.com> forwarded:

>More hilarity from the leaders in online commerce:  eBay has banned the sale
>of digital goods in auction format.  This includes _anything_ that can be
>digitally delivered, from ebooks to audio to websites and domains to
>transcriptions etc.

It makes some sense, they're trying to prevent reputation capital markets,
specifically scammers buying themselves positive feedback.  Of course the
measure they've chosen seems a bit heavy-handed...

Peter.