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Wired News: It's Caveat Vendor at EBay France

Wired News: It's Caveat Vendor at EBay France:

PARIS -- A French court hit an eBay auctioneer with thousands of euros in fines, highlighting legal uncertainties for millions of online vendors across the country.

Authorities say the defendant, who was charged and convicted this week of operating a business without a license, was a professional art dealer who failed to register as a commercial vendor, thus dodging numerous regulations and taxes. The defendant, through his lawyer, insists on his innocence, arguing that his sale of some 470 art objects through eBay did not trigger the registration requirement.

An eBay spokeswoman in France would not comment on the court case, but said concerned eBay users should consult with French fiscal authorities if they had questions. EBay also has published guidelines drafted by the French online consumer advocacy group Le Forum des droits sur l'Internet (Internet Rights Forum) on its French site.

This week's court ruling stemmed from the sale of statuettes, vases and other art objects the accused claims he had amassed for years from flea markets and his inheritance. His intentions were not to go into business, his lawyer says, but to appease his girlfriend who threatened to move out if he did not get rid of the clutter.

His activity first came under scrutiny by French police when one of his vases for sale on eBay turned out to be stolen. After the defendant, whose name was not made public, proved he had not stolen the vase, French prosecutors claimed he was a professional art dealer and was running his business illegally."

Government destroying the Free Market, and destroying wealth in the process. Who benefits? The man who can't sell now? The people who can't buy now? Just the government. France sucks.

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