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I understand the moral objection to selling badges on ebay. But how exactly is it a copyright infringement?
The answer is... it's not. That's why ebay has taken no action despite massive protest from the GLOs. Selling unauthorized reproductions of a GLO's mark or copyrighted material is indeed illegal. Selling the ORIGINAL mark or copyrighted material is perfectly legal. The owner of the mark was in theory already paid for their intellectual property when the item was sold to the original owner, and that individual item is now free and clear of any restrictions from that point forward.
If what you say is true, then it would be illegal to sell Coca-Cola pins because that bears the Coca-Cola trademark. And it would be illegal to sell ANY pre-owned book because that's copyrighted material.
Folks, you have to separate your moral outrage from the law.
wptw
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