W. T. F?! eBay thinks my OS X 10.2 retail is counterfeit because the BSA says so?

[ravenvii]

I listed my store-bought copy of Mac OS X Jaguar retail on eBay. And two days later, it was removed and I got this email.

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Dear removed,

You recently listed the following auction-style listing:

200245834762 - Mac OS X 10.2 "Jaguar" Retail


The listing was removed because it violated eBay policy. We notified members who placed bids on the item that the listing has been canceled.

The rights owner, BSA (Business Software Alliance) (US), notified eBay that this listing violates intellectual property rights. When eBay receives a report of this type of violation, we remove the listing to comply with the law.



Copyright infringement is unlawful and against eBay's policies. Copyright is the protection provided by law to the authors of creative works, such as movies, music, software, photographs and books, both published and unpublished. Copyright owners possess the exclusive right to reproduce the copyrighted work, to distribute copies of the copyrighted work, and to perform or display the copyrighted work publicly.

eBay prohibits the listing of unauthorized copies of copyrighted works. Unauthorized copies include (but are not limited to) backup, pirated, duplicated, or bootlegged copies.

Guideline: If the product you are selling is a copy of another work that you aren't authorized to copy, don't list the item. Selling unauthorized copies of copyrighted material is a copyright infringement and is not permitted on eBay.

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Please be aware that any additional violations of this policy may result in the suspension of your account. eBay understands that you may be concerned about this situation.We encourage you to contact BSA (Business Software Alliance) (US) directly if you have any questions.

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What. The. ****? I have a picture in my listing with a photo of the CD. It's certainly ****ing real, I have it right here on my desk. I bought a "BSA-owned counterfeit copy" at the ****ing Apple Store, huh? And it says here that the BSA is the rightful owner? Oh really? Kiss my ****ing ass.

****ing retards.

 

[Consultant]

Those people are not very smart. There are plenty of auctions with questionable materials and they flagged a real one...

You should send an email to (i am guessing) abuse@ bsa.org
said they made a mistake.

BTW, try selling on craigslist. Local, cash, no shipping of course.

 

[Sun Baked]

bsa.org likely just goes around and blanket files with eBay to get the listings pulled that meet a certain criteria (don't know what that is).

Apple is a member, but the bsa operates independently and is funded by the fines it collects from slackers and pirates.

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You are right to get pissed at the BSA, but you really don't want to piss them off -- since their raids tend to be quite a bit like an IRS raid.

Armed federal or state law enforcement agents serving you notice for the BSA, BSA people then taking control of a location, and then subjecting you to a painful audit.