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<blockquote data-quote="pieroxy" data-source="post: 26664" data-attributes="member: 16487">I think you are being hugely unfair to eBay here. eBay if a website running auctions for people that have something for sale.Placing an auction with foul language that does not sell anything deserves to be shut down. There are other ways (at least I'm pretty sure of it) to remove a listing that would be illegal. But then, I don't think there's anything illegal about this listing. So I am not sure these guys deserve to be shut down.Moreover, destruction only call for more destruction, so I think a constructive approach to this problem will seed much more results than a destructive one.JazZman had a proposal which is a perfect solution for your moral problem. These guys sell MP on ebay: Compete with them!Just open up an auction selling MP 0.1.3 on a CD for $10. Write down that the soft is GPL and that this auction is here for convenience for people having no decent access to the web, and the software can otherwise be obtained from mediaportal.sourceforge.net for free. Make sure all your keywords match whatever keywords those guys are using and you will kill them right there, fair and square.You can even make a buck or two for every sale that you might share with Frodo or anyone else.This is a constructive way: You compete on their ground, inform people and sell something. Doesn't that sound better than trying to shut them down?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pieroxy, post: 26664, member: 16487"] I think you are being hugely unfair to eBay here. eBay if a website running auctions for people that have something for sale. Placing an auction with foul language that does not sell anything deserves to be shut down. There are other ways (at least I'm pretty sure of it) to remove a listing that would be illegal. But then, I don't think there's anything illegal about this listing. So I am not sure these guys deserve to be shut down. Moreover, destruction only call for more destruction, so I think a constructive approach to this problem will seed much more results than a destructive one. JazZman had a proposal which is a perfect solution for your moral problem. These guys sell MP on ebay: Compete with them! Just open up an auction selling MP 0.1.3 on a CD for $10. Write down that the soft is GPL and that this auction is here for convenience for people having no decent access to the web, and the software can otherwise be obtained from mediaportal.sourceforge.net for free. Make sure all your keywords match whatever keywords those guys are using and you will kill them right there, fair and square. You can even make a buck or two for every sale that you might share with Frodo or anyone else. This is a constructive way: You compete on their ground, inform people and sell something. Doesn't that sound better than trying to shut them down? [/QUOTE]

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