Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Thursday, May 18, 2006.

"Yahoo! Analyst Day May Pressure Ebay," by Peter Kang, Forbes, 5/16/06
http://digbig.com/4hqkn

"Alibaba CEO: EBay Is Beat In China; Baidu, Google Are Next," (Dow Jones), Morningstar, 5/17/06
http://digbig.com/4hreh

"Paid, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2006 Revenues up 225%," company press release, TMCnet, 5/16/06
http://digbig.com/4hqnw

"SIIA Launches Auction Litigation Program, Targets Online Auctions Selling Pirated Software," press release, Yahoo, 5/16/06
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060516/dctu003.html?.v=57

"Software makers crack down on Net piracy," By MICHAEL LIEDTKE (AP), SeattlePI.com, 5/16/06
http://digbig.com/4hqnx

"EBay threat to secondhand shops," (KRT), TMCnet, 5/15/06
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2006/05/15/1650017.htm

"Your input sought," posted by Patrick Byrne on his Overstock.com Auctions blog, 5/17/06
http://forums.auctions.overstock.com/patrick.php?#180084