The authoritarians in a country like France would like to ban Yahoo auctions they don't approve of.

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Yahoo Auctions has a much vaguer policy that advises users they may not sell items Yahoo deems offensive.

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At the time, there were serious rivals to eBay, including Yahoo Auctions and Amazon Auctions, but eBay still had the bulk of online auction listings.

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Phone a few months ago to provide pre-installed Yahoo services such as Yahoo Japan Home, Yahoo Japan Auctions and Yahoo Loco to improve its search traffic.

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Thus far, however, Yahoo has not missed a court appearance, and it submitted a report Monday from an expert witness who said that a totally effective technology solution allowing Yahoo to block access to its auctions by region could not be implemented.

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