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Maybe violating the eBay terms of use? They are pretty explicit about not trying to lure people to buy from you outside of eBay, iirc. What happens when a corpo
by kylnew 8y ago
Maybe violating the eBay terms of use? They are pretty explicit about not trying to lure people to buy from you outside of eBay, iirc.
What happens when a corporates violates another companies terms of use aggressively to promote competition?
- WillPostForFood 8y agoYes, this is the accusation in the court docs. They agreed to eBay terms knowing they were going to violate them by soliciting other users to sell off platform.
- twblalock 8y agoThe eBay terms of use are not law. Breaking those kinds of agreements is a civil matter. The lawsuit is alleging serious criminal things, like fraud, in addition to breaking the terms of use.
- jdmichal 8y agoFraudulently creating accounts for the purposes of performing activities known to be against the ToS prior to even creating the account. "The Amazon employees acknowledged they were breaking eBay’s rules and actively tried to avoid detection, the lawsuit says."
- twblalock 8y agoYeah, but is that actually criminal fraud according to the law?
- jdmichal 8y agoAs debacle notes [0], the CFAA is a hell of a drug. [1] I could certainly see a case that this is "exceeding authorized access", with "authorized access" being defined by the rules established by the ToS when the account granting access was established. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18250970 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18250970 [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Fraud_and_Abuse_Act#Criminal_offenses_under_the_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Fraud_and_Abuse_Act#C...
- stevespang 8y agoBreaking those rules are absolutely breach of contract, and that alone can cost Amazon $$$ millions in a court case, of course Bezos has plenty to waste on lawyers.