PayPal Joins London Police Effort 117
derGoldstein writes this excerpt from Ars Technica: "PayPal has joined a music copyright association and the City of London police department's bid to financially starve websites deemed 'illegal.' When presented with sufficient evidence of unlicensed downloading from a site, the United Kingdom's PayPal branch 'will require the retailer to submit proof of licensing for the music offered by the retailer,' said the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry's latest press release." The press release can be found here.
Re:I don't get it (Score:4, Informative)
Re:OT: Murdoch misled London Police/UK Parliament (Score:2, Informative)
And in other news every major newspaper in the UK engaged in the same practices, with the information commissioners previous investigation showing that News International was a much smaller infringer than both the Trinity Mirror Group and Associated Newspapers (Daily Mail).
Good old City Of London Police (Score:4, Informative)
Having worked in the City Of London, I can tell you that all they are good for is helping drunk Bankers find the way back to Liverpool Street Station for the last train home.
Auctions where instead of eBay? (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Auctions where instead of eBay? (Score:5, Informative)
Move to the EU. The behaviour you describe is almost certainly illegal under EU competition law, and eBay UK does not have this restriction:
(http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/policies/accepted-payments-policy.html)