Article: Understanding Ebay?s ?Description Theft? Policy
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Understanding Ebay?s ?Description Theft? Policy
When a seller writes an original description of an item or takes an original picture, they own the copyright on their work. This happens without any requirement for them to register or even to want the copyright ? that?s just the way copyright works. What that means is that it?s actually illegal to copy another sellers description or pictures.
eBay's Policy.
eBay refer to the practice of copying another seller?s listing and using it in your own auction as ?description theft?. It is against their listing policies, and ignorance of the rules is no defence.
What Could Happen?
If your ?theft? is discovered, then your listing will be ended and all bids will be cancelled. Do it more than once and your account could get suspended, and yo...
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