Here is today's AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup.

"United States: District Court Holds Software Transfer Not A License, Okays Downstream eBay Auction Under First Sale Doctrine," by Mitchell Zimmerman, 7/21/08
http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=63702

"Alibaba online payment unit ties up with Amazon China," Xinhua Newsfeed, 7/17/08
http://www.quamnet.com/newscontent.action?articleId=894989

"Amazon's embracing of small publishers comes at a price," Posted on the Guardian blog, 7/22/08
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/07/amazons_embracing_of_small_pub.html

"Yahoo! Reports Second Quarter 2008 Financial Results," press release issued on 7/22/08
http://yhoo.client.shareholder.com/releases.cfm

"Romanian Pleads Guilty In US Phishing Case," by David Utter, Security ProNews, 7/23/08
Link to article

"eBay slot machine: Bidding for big buck," by Matt Villano, SFGate.com, 7/23/08
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/23/NSQ311SL9H.DTL

"Spotlight on eBay Groups: Meet the Dallas eBaybes and eMales," Posted by Ninad on the ebay Chatter blog, 7/23/08
http://www.ebaychatter.com/the_chatter/2008/07/spotlight-on-eb.html

"Want to know what's cooking in Yahoo! Small business? Web Developers for feedback sessions wanted!" posted on the Yahoo Developer Network blog, 7/23/08
http://developer.yahoo.net/blog/archives/2008/07/want_to_know_wh.html

"Tough Times for eBay Entrepreneurs," by Karen E. Klein, BusinessWeek, 7/23/08
http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/jul2008/sb20080723_782681.htm