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>Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1999 08:16:36 -0500
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>From: Declan McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: FC: Simon Wiesenthal Center attacks Ebay
[The Wiesenthal Center's intentions may be good, but I'm not sure if
reasonable people should praise book-banning efforts.]
>From: Paul Spirito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: SWC vs Ebay
>Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1999 03:27:20 -0500
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>http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/11/cyber/articles/25auction.html
>
>| Ebay, the online auction service that has come under fire
>| in the past for letting people bid on pornography and
>| firearms, encountered more problems on Wednesday when a
>| group that monitors anti-Semitism complained about its
>| sale of Nazi memorabilia.
>|
>| A letter sent to the service by Simon Wiesenthal Center
>| in Los Angeles asked the company "to review its policy of
>| marketing items, many of which glorify Nazism." The
>| letter then noted that the sale of such items is illegal
>| in Germany, a relevant argument because, using the World
>| Wide Web, any user anywhere can buy from Ebay.
>|
>| "My goal here is not to get Ebay indicted," said Rabbi
>| Abraham Cooper, associate dean of the center, who
>| registered the complaint. "My goal is to keep Ebay from
>| selling Nazi memorabilia in Germany."
>|
>| In addition to sending a letter of complaint, Cooper said
>| that he planed to go to Berlin next week to discuss the
>| issue with Herta Däubler-Gmelin, the German minister of
>| justice.
>
>[...]
>
>| Just last week, Amazon.com said that it would stop
>| selling Hitler's ''Mein Kampf'' in Germany, citing German
>| laws prohibiting sales of hate literature. The move came
>| after Wiesenthal Center filed legal complaints against
>| Amazon and other Web-based booksellers in August.
>
>[...]
>
>| [Kevin Pursglove, a spokesman for Ebay] said that
>| blocking sales of items "is not something we want to
>| engage in" because Ebay's goal is to serve as a venue
>| without interfering in commerce. Further, he said, using
>| filtering software to limit such sales would not be
>| feasible, noting that such technology can be imprecise.
>| "It's never quite as easy as entering one or two key
>| words," Pursglove said.
>
>[...]
>
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