The decision by a French court to make the online auction site eBay pay €38.6m (A$65 million) to a luxury brands group for allowing the sale of fake goods online raises the question of what responsibility auction sites should have to assume.The company which represents Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior and Givenchy (LVMH) complained that eBay operators did not do enough to stop the sale of counterfeit products.But eBay is appealing the ruling and hitting back at the luxury brands group, accusing it of anti-competitive behaviour.
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EBay: pirate bazaar or legitimate marketplace?
The decision by a French court to make the online auction site eBay pay €38.6m (A$65 million) to a luxury brands group for allowing the sale of fake goods online raises the question of what responsibility auction sites should have to assume.