Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Wednesday, November 17, 2004.

Industry News & Trends

"The Gripe Line Weblog," by Ed Foster, InfoWorld, 11/15/04
http://weblog.infoworld.com/foster/2004/11/15.html

"3 execs hold eBay shares for 1st time," By Dan Lee, Mercury News, 11/15/04
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/10185357.htm

"Study: Want Community? Go Online," By Pamela Parker, ClickZ.com, 11/8/04
http://www.clickz.com/news/article.php/3432801

"Social networking for e-commerce gets beyond the talking stage," Internet Retailer, 11/04
http://www.internetretailer.com/article.asp?id=13242

"European online sales to outpace US," By Robin Lettice, The Register, 11/15/04
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/15/european_online_sales_to_outpace_us/

Weird, Unusual, Celebrity or Charity Auctions

"Odds and Ends" (Virgin Mary sandwich auction), (AP), SFGate, 11/16/04
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/11/16/national0641EST0475.DTL

"GOING, GOING, GONE! MUSEUM BUYS 19TH CENTURY POSTER ON EBAY," By David Prudames, 24hourmuseum.org.uk, 11/12/04
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh/ART24850.html

"Unpopular Philadelphia tax put on eBay," by Athena D. Merritt, Philadelphia Business Journal, 11/15/04
http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/stories/2004/11/15/daily5.html?jst=b_ln_hl

Fraud, Privacy, Security Issues

"How scammers run rings round eBay," By Ken Young, The Register, 11/16/04
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/16/petty_fraudsters_ebay/

"Something's Phishy," by Jeanette Borzo, Wall Street Journal, 11/15/04
Must be a paid subscriber.
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB110020011167571543,00.html?mod=e%2Dcommerce%5Fprimary%5Fhs

"Yahoo takes on spam, boosts e-mail storage," by Jim Hu, Cnet, 11/15/04
http://news.com.com/2100-1032_3-5450821.html

Miscellaneous

"Tix scalping heads to hearing: Weak laws seen benefiting no one but criminals," By Scott Van Voorhis, Boston Herald, 11/16/04
http://business.bostonherald.com/businessNews/view.bg?articleid=54264

"Auction of Internet Commerce Patents Draws Concern," By John Markoff, New York Times, 11/16/04
Free registration required
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/16/technology/16patent.html