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JUDGE THOMAS L. WILLHITE Jr. of the Superior Court of California in Los Angeles last week granted the company�s request to dismiss the libel claim by Roger M. Grace, who bought merchandise via eBay�s Web site.
Grace received negative �feedback� � a form of commentary that eBay buyers and sellers leave regarding each other after transactions � from Tim Neeley who sells Hollywood memorabilia on the site.
According to the court ruling, Neeley wrote that Grace �should be banned from eBay� and was �dishonest all the way� following Grace�s purchase of several items from Neeley.
Grace sued eBay for liable for publishing Neeley�s negative comments on its Web site. But the court ruled that eBay is immune to such claims under the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which protects providers of �interactive computer services� from liability for the online comments posted by their users.
What do you think? Is feedback on eBay that important?
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