Etsy has ousted its CEO and is laying off 8 percent of its staff

Re:Etsy has ousted its CEO and is laying off 8 percent of it... by tqkxzugoaupvwqr on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @07:47PM (#14251801)

It sounds like this problem of fake self-made art could be prevented if etsy introduced a clause that prohibits sellers to sell items they haven't made themselves and fine any seller in violation. The fine could be a multiple of the last n months of revenue on etsy.

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Re:Etsy has ousted its CEO and is laying off 8 percent of it... by derefr on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @08:00PM (#14251879)

How would they ever enforce this?

I mean, maybe you can figure it out for the AliExpress case—but what about when it becomes one local "artisan" supplier supplying slightly-customized variants to each of its thousand Etsy-shop customers?

Or, beyond that, what about the case where something is 99% a pre-fab vendor good "base", and then 1% (or less) original work? Would an Etsy seller's signature on a store-bought mug make it "their" work?

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Re:Etsy has ousted its CEO and is laying off 8 percent of it... by mcguire on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @09:16PM (#14252269)

Theoretically, Etsy already has that: https://www.etsy.com/legal/sellers/#allowed

The downside, I guess, is how to enforce it.

I was on the verge of setting up an Etsy shop (I have a bad habit of going to local auctions and buying china tableware for offensively low prices), but with this sort of thing going on, I'm conflicted.

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