@article{Calkins_Nikitkov_Richardson_2008, title={Mineshafts on Treasure Island: A Relief Map of the eBay Fraud Landscape}, volume={8}, url={http://tlp.law.pitt.edu/ojs/tlp/article/view/42}, DOI={10.5195/tlp.2008.42}, abstractNote={<span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><p align="left">As explorers once opened up new trade passages, thus attracting hordes of both honest traders and dishonest pirates, so too has the Internet opened new lanes of commerce and attracted the modern versions of the same. One of the widest of these lanes undoubtedly runs through eBay, located at http://www.ebay.com . From its humble beginnings as a little-known auction site hawking PEZ candy dispensers, broken laser pointers and other garage-sale pickings, eBay <span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">has transformed itself into a reputable public sales powerhouse where a Gulfstream II jet, million-dollar sports artifacts, and Madonna’s wedding tiara might easily change hands.</span><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: xx-small;">4</span></span></p></span>}, journal={Pittsburgh Journal of Technology Law & Policy}, author={Calkins, Mary M. and Nikitkov, Alexei and Richardson, Vernon}, year={2008}, month={Apr.} }