Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Friday, September 24, 2004.

Industry News & Trends

"New service to sell music downloads on eBay," By Dawn C. Chmielewski and Michael Bazeley
San Jose Mercury News, 9/23/04
Free registration required
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/9737805.htm
another article on same topic, no registration required:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/09/23/BUGVR8T99G1.DTL

"eBay has the holidays wrapped up"
Playthings, 9/21/04
http://www.playthings.com/article/CA454711/playthings?industry=Retailing+News&industryid=122

"PayPal Set to Fine Users," By Susan Kuchinskas
InternetNews.com, 9/23/04
http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/article.php/3412371

"Auction Stores Do EBay Selling for You: Stores promise to take the hassle out of getting some cash for your old gear," by Anne B. McDonald
PC World, September 2004
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,117090,00.asp

"Franchise cashing in on online auctions: Up to 6 stores may open in area to help sellers uncomfortable with navigating eBay," By Madhusmita Bora
IndyStar.com, 9/22/04
http://www.indystar.com/articles/0/180593-9480-223.html

"It's the End of Classifieds as We Know Them," by Steve Outing
Editor & Publisher, 9/22/04
http://www.mediainfo.com/eandp/columns/stopthepresses_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000639705

"Net profits," By Nicole Manktelow
The Age, 9/23/04
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/22/1095651383025.html?oneclick=true

Weird, Unusual, Celebrity or Charity Auctions

"Oktoberfest in a froth over eBay sales" (DPA)
Expatica, 9/22/04
http://digbig.com/4bstj

"Study: U.S. consumers encourage illegal ivory trade," by Joan Lowy
Scripps Howard News Service, 9/22/04
http://www.knoxstudio.com/shns/story.cfm?pk=ELEPHANTS-09-22-04&cat=II

"E-commerce getting weird: Here are the strangest things ever sold online. All of them from Ebay naturally," by I.T. Mole
ITBusiness.ca, 9/22/04
http://www.plesman.com/index.asp?theaction=61&lid=1&sid=56726

Fraud, Privacy, Security Issues

"eBay fights its toughest legal battle: Tiffany lawsuit puts hands off approach to the test," by Bob Sullivan
MSnbc, 9/20/04
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6030048

"Shhh, they're hunting cybercrooks," By Jon Swartz
USA Today, 9/21/04
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2004-09-20-cybersleuths_x.htm

"Alert over website auction crime," By Mark Prigg (Evening Standard)
ThisIsLondon.com, 9/23/04
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/articles/13361546?source=Evening%20Standard

"eBay denies auction site is riddled with fraud"
Ireland On-Line, 9/23/04
http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=144878714&p=y44879577&n=144879657

Miscellaneous

"eBay guru in bidness on WB pix," by Marc Graser
Variety, 9/22/04
Paid subscription required, or watch an ad to read the article for no charge. http://digbig.com/4bsxs
Article is available, at least temporarily, on Yahoo News:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/variety/20040922/va_fi_ne/ebay_guru

"Drugstore.com names new CEO: Schwab veteran sees a lot of potential in Web-based retailer," by John Cook
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 9/23/04
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/192030_drugstore23.html