Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Monday, July 31, 2006.

"Utahn's suit accuses eBay of harassment, conspiracy," by Bob Mims, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7/29/06
http://www.sltrib.com/business/ci_4110278

"First ebay fee increase fatality?" posted by Scot Wingo on his eBay Strategies blog, 7/30/06
http://ebaystrategies.blogs.com/ebay_strategies/2006/07/first_ebayfee.html

"Media heir wants "Airbus of the web,"" By Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, (FT.com), MSnbc, 7/30/06
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14108916

"Minsheng/Smartpay deal - China's biggest opportunity?" posted by Philip Lin on Pacific Epoch, 7/29/06
http://www.pacificepoch.com/blog/70505_0_29_0_C

eBay has made available the audio file and a transcript of its recent Town Hall event with eBay North America President Bill Cobb. The event took place one day after the announcement of Store fee hikes.
http://pages.ebay.com/townhall/archives.html

"Availability Change for Amazon Marketplace Listings," posted by Amazon on its seller announcement board, 7/28/06
http://www.amazonsellercommunity.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=120601

"Taobao.com Makes New Rules To Regulate Online Auctions," ChinaTechNews.com, 7/20/06
http://www.chinatechnews.com/index.php?action=show&type=news&id=4221

"Atoning Their Sins.. The Skype Boys," posted by Om Malik on his GigaOM blog, 7/27/06
http://gigaom.com/2006/07/27/atoning-their-sins-the-skype-boys

"Skype boss able to visit USA: Kazaa settles law suits," by Tony Dennis, Inquirer, 7/28/06
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33312

"This little piggy went to eBay auction," by MEGHANN COTTER, The Free Lance-Star, 7/27/06
http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2006/072006/07282006/208562

Q&A: Making a federal case - how the FBI collars cybercriminals: ...and what companies can do to avoid being victims," by Robert Mitchell, ComputerWorld, 7/28/06
http://digbig.com/4mdhh

"Digg Profile For Sale on eBay," posted by Michael Arrington on his TechCrunch blog, 7/30/06
http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/07/30/digg-profile-for-sale-on-ebay