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I've been banging on about the amount of piracy on QXL for a while, and whilst I'm glad this will stop it, I do think it's throwing the baby out with the bathwater as there are plenty of legitimate sellers on there as well...such is life, I guess!

Simple way around this problem (and indeed, to combat the piracy of software on Ebay) is to have a facility in the terms of service whereby any member found selling pirated material will have their name and address details passed on to the copyright holder for them to pursue legal action. If you don't agree, you can't sign up, and as it's voluntary, I doubt it would cause any legal problems vis a vis the Data Protection Act, although I'm no lawyer so I might be wrong....

AITA (the trade assocation) put pressure on QXL to stop selling pirated DVDs, and also pointed out that a lot of the stuff available on QXL wasn't UK-legal, which could have had the QXL directors facing prosecution under the OPA. It looks like they've decided the risk of legal action was too high to keep selling pirated porn cheap. I'm surprised it took them so long to do this.

maybe its time this place had a proper trading/selling forum. I'm sure it would take off.

anyone else agree?

"maybe its time this place had a proper trading/selling forum. I'm sure it would take off."

I think goldenballs Has a great idea there.... How about Bgafd put up a "sticky" sic .. Post to see if the interest is there.

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goldenballs wrote:

> maybe its time this place had a proper trading/selling forum.
> I'm sure it would take off.
>
> anyone else agree?

Yes but not for pirated stuff which undermines the whole industry but to trade genuine material it is a good idea!happy!