http://www.luxist.com/2009/05/13/is-ebay-winning-the-war-against-counterfeits/ Luxist Comments for Is eBay Winning the War Against Counterfeits? http://www.luxist.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.luxist.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.luxist.com/2009/05/13/is-ebay-winning-the-war-against-counterfeits/http://www.luxist.com/2009/05/13/is-ebay-winning-the-war-against-counterfeits/May 14th 2009 11:23AMhttp://www.luxist.com/2009/05/13/is-ebay-winning-the-war-against-counterfeits/http://www.luxist.com/2009/05/13/is-ebay-winning-the-war-against-counterfeits/
"...Today, 99% of all items listed on eBay have no suspicion of counterfeits." Yah right.

"...team of around 2,000 people in place to fight counterfeit products..." This sounds very impressive, but let's not be credulous. Their statement suggests these are full-time positions. Suppose each person made, oh, $40k a year. Multiplied by 2,000 = $80,000,000 a year spent on anti-counterfeit activity. Yah, right.

However, having said that, I don't see at all why it should be eBay's responsibility to screen for counterfeits. Historically that has always been the copyright holder's job: if you hold a copyright or patent, and you see that it's been violated, you go after the violator, at your own expense, to protect your own business. Ebay offers a platform for sales. Period. Outfits like LMVH and Hermes are clearly trying to make the distributor do their work for them.]]>May 15th 2009 11:48AM