eBay pulls Harry Potter listing hours after completed sale
From Publishers Weekly:
Will Collier, the aerospace engineer who put a copy of the book on eBay after receiving it from DeepDiscount.com on Tuesday, has been informed that the online auction site pulled the listing after receiving a complaint from London-based The Christopher Little Literary Agency, which represents J.K. Rowling. According to the site, the agency "notified eBay that this listing violates intellectual property rights. When eBay receives a report of this type of violation, we remove the listing to comply with the law."
posted by Steve Weber at 7/22/2007
3 Comments:
A few years ago Publishers and Authors at a conference have complained at used books hurting sales. What of loaning books and libraries? Publishers are owned by large conglomerates, of which the management and sales department would like to "license products" just like software. One item = 1 user.
Until there are genetically engineered/designed trees or inks which imprint the genes of the original owner and, prevent. the book by being held by another for reading [by dissolving the ink], re-gifting, loaning, renting and reselling of books. The Publishing industry which since its inception will have to live with these sub-strata's.
The Author and Publisher have received the money and commissions from the 1st sale of the particular book. Why should they keep receiving an annuity or royalty form its continued possession.
There isn't enough info in the above article:
a. Which potter book?
b. What was the actual request from the Agency?
c. Was it an eBook?
In the very, very near future "physical ownership" of media will be non-existent.
This compliance by eBay of a Foreign complainant is a very dangerous milestone regarding the resale of anything
The story is a little misleading. Seems as if you're talking about the latest Harry Potter of which there are over 1000 listed on eBay. We need more detail. Was it an eBook, was this before the official launch?
Intellectual Property Rights my ass. First sale doctrine would apply here. As the end customer, you're not responsible for keeping it until the official release date.
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