Can I See Your eBay License?

from the license-to-auction dept

This NY Times article talks about how they're considering a law in Japan that will require anyone who wants to sell anything in an online auction to get a license. That's right, in Japan, you might need a license to eBay. Obviously, folks at eBay aren't thrilled about this possibility. Of course, it certainly could cut down on fraud.
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    sb, 6 Feb 2002 @ 10:18am

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    i disagree, mcFly. it could provide a shit load of extra revenues for ebay. a nice cloaked way to charge a 'registration fee'. 42 million users * $5 a licence = $200 million ....BOOOOOOOOYA !!

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      Mike (profile), 6 Feb 2002 @ 10:47am

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      That's odd. I don't recall reading that eBay would be the Japanese government agency responsible for issuing the licenses...

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