So, i was selling the original japanese games for the super famicom on ebay, but i just checked today and the items were taken down and i got this little msg: Dear evangelion-o1, Thank you for your recent listing on eBay. Unfortunately, we removed the following item(s): 8289696987 - DBZ Dragon Ball Z Super Butoden 3 "Super Famicom" mint 8289696581 - DBZ Dragon Ball Z Super Butoden 2 "Super Famicom" mint because FUNimation Productions, Ltd. reported it to us for violating their intellectual property rights. When eBay is notified by a rights owner of an intellectual property rights infringement, eBay must remove the item in order to meet certain legal requirements. The following information may help explain the reason for your listing(s) removal: eBay prohibits unauthorized copies of media (such as software, video games, music, television programs, and photographs). Unauthorized copies include (but are not limited to) backup, pirated, duplicated, or bootlegged copies. It is both illegal and against eBay policy to sell unauthorized copies of copyrighted media. An intellectual property rights owner has notified eBay that this item is an unauthorized copy of copyrighted material. Unauthorized copies include (but are not limited to) copies that are pirated, duplicated or bootlegged. It is illegal to sell unauthorized copies of media. When eBay is notified by an intellectual property rights owner of an intellectual property rights violation, eBay removes the posting in order to meet certain legal requirements. Please check with the rights owner if you have any questions about their claim. To review a tutorial pertaining to this policy, please visit the link below: http://pages.ebay.com/help/tutorial/verotutorial/intro.html Questions about the specific violation should be addressed to FUNimation Productions, Ltd. at the following email address: legal2@funimation.com Your eBay fees for this item have been credited to your account. All bidders on this item have been notified of its cancellation. IMPORTANT NOTICE: Repeated violations of this or other eBay policies may result in the suspension of your account. eBay understands that it can be frustrating to have a listing removed. If you have further questions, you can take the following steps: Read the rights owner's About Me page at http://cgi3.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=funimation2 Take eBay's brief tutorial on Intellectual Property Policies and VeRO Read the ended listings FAQ at http://pages.ebay.com/help/confidence/vero-removed-listing.html Ask eBay a question using the link on the above help page Thank you in advance for your cooperation. Regards, eBay Trust & Safety What The Fuck? is illegal to sell japanese stuff once is licensed in the us or what?
No, it is not illegal as long as the item was an original, legal item in the country of origin and the item itself is not illegal for any other reason. This is a monopolistic tactic employed by just about every entertainment company (falsely claiming that out of region items are illegal) in order to make more money by selling localized, region specific items. For them to have ebay remove a perfectly legal auction is illegal (third party interference with a contract). Good luck trying to get them to respond or finding someone to enforce the law though.
Just don't list it as import. Just label it as rare DBZ game for Japanese SNES. They can't tell the difference I tell ya!
