Filed under: Business, World wide web, Web services
If you’re outside of Pennsylvania, you’ve nothing to worry about, probably. But one Pennsylvanian woman who started selling goods on eBay to stay at home with her daughter who was diagnosed with a brain tumor, is being prosecuted by the say of Pennsylvania for not having an auctioneer’s license.
The story essentially boils down to the idea that people who are doing well on eBay in Pennsylvania need to be regulated, and at this point it looks like suing them for not having a expensive auctioneer’s license is the way it’s going to happen. So far, only two people have been hit, apparently to make a legal point.
Correct us if we’re wrong, but isn’t eBay technically the auctioneer, while sellers are just people/businesses putting items up for auction? Now whether this is just a case of misguided bureaucracy or a way to create some commotion in order to get online auction related legislation in place, this seems rather wrong.
If she was dodging taxes on her at-home business, that is one thing, but from the looks of it, she’s getting sued over a point which technically doesn’t even apply to her. But then again, there are those who think the World wide web is a “series of tubes.”
[via Techdirt]
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