KPFK-Pacifica Radio Archives being sold off on ebay? (tags)
KPFK radio station in North Hollywood bldg housed the Pacifica Radio Archives that saved, transcribed, sold, saved and honored audio from all 5 stations for many many years. Then Director Brian Shazor departed a few months ago and.....
Legislative Alert: Legislation Attempts to Impose New Internet Sales Tax (tags)
On Tuesday, the Senate agreed to begin debating a small business tax bill (S.2237) that some say could boost job creation. Unfortunately, Senators Mike Enzi (R-WY), Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Lamar Alexander (R-TN) have expressed plans to offer an Internet Sales Tax amendment. This amendment would make it much harder for entrepreneurial small business retailers to use the Internet to serve consumers across America, and raise the prices consumers would face when they shop from small businesses online.
Paypal Negligence: Mishandled Evidence (tags)
Paypal is involved in a report of refusal to refund an unreceived item purchased through Ebay.
The Web: Supreme Court tackles 'trolls' (tags)
Capitalists turn on themselves trying to destroy patent rights.
eBay's Nazi policies boycotted nationwide (tags)
A nationwide boycott of eBay is protesting eBay's hypocrisy regarding Nazi items that glorify Nazism. Ebay abets sales of Nazi stamps and coins, for example. eBay's Nazi stamps and coins show offensive items that were made by Nazis to glorify Nazism, Hitler, hatred & racism. Hypocritically, eBay banned the sale of a historic photograph of the USA's original Pledge of Allegiance (which was the origin of the Nazi salute) while allowing Nazi stamps that show the Nazi flag saluted.
Ebay Pledges Against Allegiance (tags)
The Web: New bids for eBay cusomers (tags)
A story about the new sites for eBay custojmers.
Big Brother Is Watching You - And Documenting (tags)
One would think that preserving privacy of the users, whose moves are so meticulously recorded, would be keenly observed at eBay, whose good name in the Internet community is one of its prime assets. But in the U.S. of the post 9/11 and pre-Gulf War II era, helping the "security forces" is considered a supreme act of patriotism. Who needs a subpoena?
U.S. Presidency Up for Auction on eBay (tags)
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 DATELINE LOS ANGELES: This morning, The Roman Forum put the U.S. presidency up for auction on eBay (http://www.ebay.com) for a minimum bid of $1.