http://www.blogrant.co.uk/ the rantings and musings of James Collett en-us Matthew1471's BlogX / BlogX.co.uk Content © 2005 - 2014 James Collett http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.blogrant.co.uk/RSS/Image.jpg http://www.blogrant.co.uk/ 100 100 Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:36 UTC Thu, 16 Jun 2005 14:27 Current%20Affairs http://www.blogrant.co.uk/ViewItem.asp?Entry=16 http://www.blogrant.co.uk/Comments.asp?Entry=16 Bob Geldof is cross that some winners of tickets to the live8 concert decided to try to sell them on eBay.co.uk<br><br>The BBC reported:-<br><div style="background:white; color:blue;">Geldof had launched an attack on the site and the sellers, calling it "sick profiteering".<br></div>... <a href="http://www.blogrant.co.uk/ViewItem.asp?Entry=16">Read More (3349 Characters)</a> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 14:59 http://www.blogrant.co.uk/ViewItem.asp?Entry=16 http://www.blogrant.co.uk/Comments.asp?Entry=16 The question is over selling things that are illegal. It is not Ebay's business to worry about your breach of contract. They are simply an agent in the business.<br><br>Anyway, I think it's immoral to impose restrictions on what someone can do with something t... <a href="http://www.blogrant.co.uk/ViewItem.asp?Entry=16">Read More (243 Characters)</a> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 15:22 http://www.blogrant.co.uk/ViewItem.asp?Entry=16 http://www.blogrant.co.uk/Comments.asp?Entry=16 I'm no whinging liberal pansie. While I welcome the comments posted here by others I express the right to comment on or disagree quite strongly with them.<br><br>I this case I take issue wth the thrust of Tim's comment.<br><br>I acknowledge the point about the leg... <a href="http://www.blogrant.co.uk/ViewItem.asp?Entry=16">Read More (790 Characters)</a> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 16:54 http://www.blogrant.co.uk/ViewItem.asp?Entry=16 http://www.blogrant.co.uk/Comments.asp?Entry=16 Unless the ticket holder is notified that the ticket isn't transferable before they make their call surely the condition has no legs to stand on (even if it had some in the first place) Fri, 17 Jun 2005 09:25 http://www.blogrant.co.uk/ViewItem.asp?Entry=16 http://www.blogrant.co.uk/Comments.asp?Entry=16 Beat me to it, Andy. That's right. Contractual clauses have to be stated upfront and reasonably clear. It's to prevent abuse through small print.<br><br>There are also questions about whether contract clauses are fair and reasonable. I don't think that "not tr... <a href="http://www.blogrant.co.uk/ViewItem.asp?Entry=16">Read More (1626 Characters)</a> Fri, 17 Jun 2005 10:22 http://www.blogrant.co.uk/ViewItem.asp?Entry=16 http://www.blogrant.co.uk/Comments.asp?Entry=16 Selling someone a valuable trinket for a song because I have mistakenly judged it to be junk is very different from distributing more-or-less "free" tickets (which clearly have some "value") to winners of a texting competition.<br><br>The spirit in which you s... <a href="http://www.blogrant.co.uk/ViewItem.asp?Entry=16">Read More (1573 Characters)</a> Fri, 17 Jun 2005 13:51 http://www.blogrant.co.uk/ViewItem.asp?Entry=16 http://www.blogrant.co.uk/Comments.asp?Entry=16 I think that we see it differently, and that's fine. I'm not even saying that I agree with the actions of reselling these tickets, I just defend their rights to do so (and I believe that it was counter productive as now, the sales will go on elsewhere, and... <a href="http://www.blogrant.co.uk/ViewItem.asp?Entry=16">Read More (1373 Characters)</a>