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

"Should EBay be copyright cop?" LA Times, 7/6/08
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-ed-ebay6-2008jul06,0,3590851.story

"More proof that eBay is playing games with the ACCC?" by Alex Zaharov-Reutt, Itwire, 7/7/08
http://www.itwire.com/content/view/19257/1103

"PayPal tries back door route to PayPal-only eBay UK," posted by Ed on his BuildaSkill.com blog, 7/7/08
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"Alibaba Group invests 2 bln yuan in online auction unit Taobao.com," Xinhua Newsfeed, 7/7/08
http://www.quamnet.com/newscontent.action?articleId=884915

"COO Of Star Group Joins Alibaba," ChinaTechNews, 7/4/08
http://www.chinatechnews.com/2008/07/04/6958-coo-of-star-group-joins-alibaba

"Former senior exec of Scotts Miracle-Gro heads new U.S. Postal Service unit," Internet Retailer, 7/7/08
http://www.internetretailer.com/dailyNews.asp?id=27015

"Computers at salon "used to sell goods on eBay,"" Edinburgh News, 7/7/08
http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/topstories/Computers-at-salon-39used-to.4262657.jp