Actually, for my Fraternity it is illegal in a sense. We sign an agreement that acknowledges that our badge is property of the Fraternity, not the individual, and all we are doing is leasing it. At death, the badge is supposed to be returned to the Fraternity OR given to a legacy or other ZTA for their use. Selling the badges is against our national policy.
Noone is talking about suing people that are selling these badges. All we are doing is getting eBay to acknowledge the fact that the people selling these badges do not have a right to do so. If enough Infringement notices come into eBay, they will no longer allow the badges to be sold. Granted, there has been a active pin-trading/selling community for years that hasn't been policed, however, this public auctioning of items that we know to be 'ours', is wrong.
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