Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Monday, February 14, 2005.

Industry News & Trends

"Yahoo sees small victory in Nazi dispute," By Rachel Konrad (AP), USA Today, 2/11/05 http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/2005-02-11-yahoo-nazi-stuff_x.htm

"QXL Ricardo Managers Lose Support for Takeover Bid (Update1), by Dan Weeks, Bloomberg, 2/11/05 http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=ak4U1gs4qwO8

"EBay lauds China's e-commerce potential," Martyn Williams (IDG), Computerworld Australia, 2/14/05 http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;631040934;fp;16;fpid;0

Weird, Unusual, Celebrity or Charity Auctions

"Songwriter Auctions Elvis Song On eBay," by Paul Cashmere, Undercover, 2/13/05 http://www.undercover.com.au/news/2005/feb05/200500213_elvis.html

"Middle Earth for sale on eBay," By Lucy Sherriff, The Register, 2/11/05 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/02/11/tolkien_site_ebay_sale

"Uma's Kill Bill trainers go on eBAY for Amnesty," Amnesty International Press Release, 2/11/05 http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news/press/15928.shtml

"Web ad to adopt child for highest bid was a hoax by 16-year-old" (AP), Enquirer.com, 2/13/05 http://digbig.com/4cqnt

Fraud, Privacy, Security Issues

"EBay scheme ends in prison, $2 mil. in fines," by Natasha Korecki, Chicago Sun-Times, 2/13/05 http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-ebay13.html

"Man posts stolen flute on eBay, police say," By BILL HUGHES, THE JOURNAL NEWS, 2/11/05 http://www.thejournalnews.com/newsroom/021105/b0411flutes.html

"Tech execs ask Bush for cybersecurity commission," By Declan McCullagh, CNET, 2/10/05 http://news.com.com/2100-7355_3-5571850.html

"Vigilantes launch attack on scam sites," By Dan Ilett, CNET, 2/10/05 http://news.com.com/2100-7349_3-5571061.html