I followed up my question to MSN auction and pointed out the MS anti-piracy page to get their response to the 'possibility' that some of their listings could be pirated software.
I wonder if EBay has tried this answer yet or if I was a MS lawyer I'd be getting different answers from MSN auctions. 8-) Here is their response:
Thanks for your message. While we encourage all of our sellers to list in accordance with our "Terms and Conditions", we cannot guarantee that all of the listings on the site can be successfully purchased, as the specific type of listings in question may be closed at any time.
If you have any further questions or comments please do not hesitate to contact us. We are happy to assist you.
Here is MSN's response to me asking them if they knew about the amount of MS items they had for auction and if they were enforcing the same auction restrictions EBay needed to. --- Thank you for contacting us. Unfortunately, we do not have knowledge of the amount of Microsoft packages found on our site. Microsoft reserves the right to cancel any listing or bid at any time, and reserves the right to prohibit or restrict access to the Services to anyone at any time, with or without cause. Please let us know if we can assist you further. Thank you, The MSN Auction Team!
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I followed up my question to MSN auction and pointed out the MS anti-piracy page to get their response to the 'possibility' that some of their listings could be pirated software.
I wonder if EBay has tried this answer yet or if I was a MS lawyer I'd be getting different answers from MSN auctions. 8-) Here is their response:
Thanks for your message. While we encourage all of our sellers to list in accordance with our "Terms and Conditions", we cannot guarantee that all of the listings on the site can be successfully purchased, as the specific type of listings in question may be closed at any time.
If you have any further questions or comments please do not hesitate to contact us. We are happy to assist you.
Thanks,
The MSN Auction Team
Here is MSN's response to me asking them if they knew about the amount of MS items they had for auction and if they were enforcing the same auction restrictions EBay needed to. --- Thank you for contacting us. Unfortunately, we do not have knowledge of the amount of Microsoft packages found on our site. Microsoft reserves the right to cancel any listing or bid at any time, and reserves the right to prohibit or restrict access to the Services to anyone at any time, with or without cause. Please let us know if we can assist you further. Thank you, The MSN Auction Team!