Hi Bill, The 10.4.3 DVD - was that a hardware specific install set for your Mac? Did you include the manual and the booklet with the SLA (Software license agreement) ? Have you contacted BSA for the exact reason why they ordered eBay to take the listing down? As far as I understand it is legal to sell used software DVD´s. It needs to be the original disk and and has to come with the original documents like install manual, SLA etc. You never OWN a software. You just possess the right to use it. By selling an original software disk you give this right of use to someone else.
What bothers me, is that you can´t officially buy any older MAC OS versions from Apple any more. They only sell Snow Leopard within their stores. You don´t get TIGER or PANTHER any more. I am fixing up old Titaniums which usually come without any install disks. It would be great if I could buy an older OS from Apple for a reasonable price. Instead I have to get a possibly questionable copy on eBay for horrendous prices. But that is another issue, I guess. Keep posting, this is an interesting topic. Regards Roland Am 07.04.2011 um 11:58 schrieb bill: > Mac Experts, > > I listed for sale on eBay a Mac OS 10.4.3 Tiger DVD that I had > misplaced, and finally found. I bought 10.5 already, so I just wanted > to sell the old DVD. I have the original DVD and the original sleeve. > > But eBay took it down, saying they received a request from the BSA to > remove it. > > But there are still hundreds (thousands?) of Mac OS DVDs for sale on > eBay. > > I get the impression that eBay allows people to sell their Mac OS, > it's fine with eBay, and that BSA must be asking them to remove > specific listings, going thru them one by one, I assume, making the > same request. So eBay is removing the listing, only when BSA makes a > request. > > Have you heard of this? I would like to let people know this is > happening. > > I'll try listing it again. Can you think of anything I can do to make > it less likely that they would remove mine? Maybe make a statement > that I will provide a document verifying that I own this copy and I > have removed it from my computer? Mac OS doesn't have a serial number > to identify my particular copy. > > What are your thoughts? > Thanks, > Bill > ------------------------ > Hello, thank you for contacting eBay's Customer Support. How may I > help you? > bill: I posted an item on Saturday and it now seems to be gone. I > can't find it in my "Now selling" listing. Where did my item go? > eBay: > Your item was removed because of a request we received from BSA > (Business Software Alliance) (AS), a member of our Verified Rights > Owner Program (VeRO), asking us to remove the item for: - Software > offered for sale is in violation of an enforceable license agreement, > which constitutes a copyright infringement. > You will need to contact BSA (Business Software Alliance) (AS) > directly at [email protected] with your questions or concerns. > > When VeRO participants ask us to remove a listing, they must sign a > legal document stating under penalty of perjury that they own the > rights to the copyright or trademark used in the listing, and that the > items listed infringe their rights. We don't know exactly why the > request to end the listing was made or how to avoid having the listing > ended again at the request of the rights owner. The owner is not > required to provide any specific information about how the listing > infringes. Often, the listing may seem fine to us. However, when we > receive a properly documented Notice of Claimed Infringement, we are > required by federal law to end the listing. That's why we recommend > that you contact the VeRO participant directly with your questions and > concerns. > > when we receive a properly documented Notice of Claimed Infringement, > we are required by federal law to end the listing. > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for > those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette > guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To leave this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
