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VERO abusers do this sort of thing all the time on Ebay, and given the past antics of the entertainment industry it wouldn't surprise me if it became common practice under the DEA too. |
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What's the benefit to the copyright holder of filing multiple reports, rather than one?
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VERO companies have been doing this on Ebay for years, with the same reason in mind. If there is 2 listings containing a keyword they object to they will report one, wait a few days, and then report the other. The result is you get 2 strikes against your account instead of just 1. If you had 3 listings with the same keyword it would be game over within a week. |
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What is a "VERO company"?
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http://pages.ebay.co.uk/vero/index.html
If you have a word that is a trademark you can have listings removed if they use that word even if it has become a generic term like "hoover" or "biro". I had some 1970s Hells Angels books removed a few years ago, and more recently some bean-bag toys because I described them as "beanies" (which is a trademark). |
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You know, that's really not true. The DEA covers a whole host of things, from the regulation of Channel 4 TV, to the allocation of the electromagnetic spectrum, to the management of ".uk" domain registries. The copyright portions of the act are one, relatively small, part of it, and it's a gross exageration to say that their "whole point" is to have people removed from the internet . Indeed, that provision, which requires additional legislation, will ONLY come into force if the initial measures permitted by the act fail to result in a stipulated reduction in the amount of piracy.
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Wouldn't it be fairer to say, though, that the people who are "abusing" VERO are those who post auctions for fake goods, pirated software, etc, on eBay, not the rights-holder who are simply protecting their IP? Goodness knows, if you look on eBay, it's easy enough to find such listings which are clearly blatantly illegal. |
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What sort of measurement are they going to use to tell if it reduces anyway? Wait for entertainment industry profits and see if they increase by £12billion in the first year? |
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Like most of these sort of rules, it probably started out with good intentions but it wasn't long before people with the power to do so started abusing it. Look at what is being done with the anti-terrorism laws for a good example of that. I doubt they were really intended to stop tourists from taking photos in public or to stop people letting their dogs mess in public parks. |
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