Ebay listing, OEM Software

Justintime

Justintime

Justintime

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Whats the legal status of selling a machine with the recovery disc?! Friend is selling a Dell PC with Windows 7 recovery disc that he paid extra i think at the time to get. All was well for 3 days then the listing got removed and he got this message:

Thank you for your recent listing on eBay. Unfortunately, your item(s) breached one or more of our policies and had to be removed from the site. Any associated fees have been credited to your account and any bidders on this item have been notified.

Why did we remove your listing?

You may not list unauthorised copies of media on our site because selling them is both illegal and against eBay policy. Unauthorised copies include (but are not limited to) backup, pirated, duplicated, or bootlegged copies of software, video games, music, films, television programs, photographs and books, both published and unpublished.

Copyright owners possess the exclusive right to reproduce their copyrighted work, to distribute copies of their copyrighted work, and to perform or display their copyrighted work publicly.

Guideline: If the product you are selling is a copy of another work that you aren't authorised to copy, don't list the item. Listing unauthorised copies of copyrighted material infringes upon the copyright of the rights owner.

This may include hard disks pre-loaded with unauthorised copies of media (including software, movies, or music). "Hard disk loading" occurs when software is loaded onto a computer, often as an incentive to increase the value, without an accompanying license agreement, manual, or documentation.

Photocopies of media (including books, textbook solution manuals and teacher's manuals) are not permitted on eBay.
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Surely if the disc and pc go together legally its fine? :confused: Or did some do gooder busy body report it and ebay mindlessly remove it? :rolleyes:
 
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Someone will have reported it (probably a rival seller) as illegal software, and eBay have just blanket banned it. Your friend will have to ring them to find out why. eBay are terrible at this sort of stuff. I know of business sellers being banned from it for listing counterfeit stuff despite being verified, official documentation/VERO etc, and still eBay complains!
 
Heh got it sold for him already through my channels for 50 quid over his buy it now price, just happen to know someone looking for an office machine, saves me doing the build and mate said i could keep the 50 :D Ebay can kiss my..
 
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