Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Monday, December 20, 2004.

Industry News & Trends

"PayPal Problems Can Pop Up, So Obey Rules," By VICTORIA LIM of WFLA, News Channel 8, News.TBO.com, 12/19/04
http://news.tbo.com/news/MGBIV3PDW2E.html

Weird, Unusual, Celebrity or Charity Auctions

"Worker Sacked for Selling Queen's Xmas Pud on Ebay," Reuters, 12/17/04
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=7126800

Fraud, Privacy, Security Issues

"Librarian Sells Historical Texts On Ebay" (AP), Ohio News Now, 12/19/04
http://www.onnnews.com/Global/story.asp?S=2710452&nav=LQlCULsu

"Fighting crime with eBay," by Sara Straeten, WECT, 12/18/04
http://www.wect.com/Global/story.asp?S=2709072&nav=2gQcULIz

"Beach man charged with defrauding eBay buyers," By TIM MCGLONE, The Virginian-Pilot, 12/18/04
http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=79482&ran=173941

Miscellaneous

"Looking for Something? Craig Newmark: You can get anything you want from his amazing Web 'list'" by Steven Levy, Newsweek Dec. 27 / Jan. 3 issue
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6732652/site/newsweek

"Postal service trying to stay competitive" (AP), USA Today, 12/16/04
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/services/2004-12-16-post-service_x.htm

"Post office is sneaking pix of you," BoingBoing Blog, posted by Cory Doctorow, 12/16/04
http://www.boingboing.net/2004/12/16/post_office_is_sneak.html