http://blog.negonation.com/en/remembering-yahoo/ Justice is ripe for disruption Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:31:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://blog.negonation.com/en/remembering-yahoo/#comment-1058 Negonation Blog » Blog Archive » Remembering: Conclusions Mon, 23 Oct 2006 13:21:44 +0000 http://blog.negonation.com/en/un-poco-de-memoria-yahoo/#comment-1058 [...] Yahoo agreed to ban the auction of Nazi articles when a French judge threatened with fines. [...] [...] Yahoo agreed to ban the auction of Nazi articles when a French judge threatened with fines. [...]

]]> http://blog.negonation.com/en/remembering-yahoo/#comment-1056 Negonation Blog » Blog Archive » Remembering eBay Fri, 20 Oct 2006 13:37:50 +0000 http://blog.negonation.com/en/un-poco-de-memoria-yahoo/#comment-1056 [...] Do you remember Marc Knobel? After his victory against Yahoo in January 2001, he wasted no time in writing to eBay, asking why it allowed Nazi articles. eBay reacted promptly. In early May, not only did they ban trading of Nazi memorabilia but they also banned articles created by notorious murderers (letters, artwork, personal belongings) and novelty items (T-shirts bearing murderers’ names, crime scene photos, electric chairs, etc.). Did they do this to protect the community from the various regulations? Did they fear a lawsuit similar to that of Yahoo in the physical world? Or, did they establish themselves as judges of what can and cannot be traded? Questions, questions, questions… [...] [...] Do you remember Marc Knobel? After his victory against Yahoo in January 2001, he wasted no time in writing to eBay, asking why it allowed Nazi articles. eBay reacted promptly. In early May, not only did they ban trading of Nazi memorabilia but they also banned articles created by notorious murderers (letters, artwork, personal belongings) and novelty items (T-shirts bearing murderers’ names, crime scene photos, electric chairs, etc.). Did they do this to protect the community from the various regulations? Did they fear a lawsuit similar to that of Yahoo in the physical world? Or, did they establish themselves as judges of what can and cannot be traded? Questions, questions, questions… [...]

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