pleco
SFN Addict
USA
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Posted - 02/19/2008 : 13:53:47
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If you're uninitiated to eBay, you'd probably think that for each of these removals, the Church of Scientology informs eBay of the violation of its rights, eBay considers the merits of their argument, and then only then does eBay yank the listing. But that's not what happens at all. Instead, eBay effectively deputizes Scientology, which logs into eBay and removes the listings itself.
The mechanism that permits the Church of Scientology (and others) such broad access and discretion is called the Verified Rights Owner ("VeRO") Program. Membership in VeRO is obtained simply by submitting a form to eBay explaining that you are an Intellectual Property rights holder. |
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by Filthy The neo-con methane machine will soon be running at full fart. |
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