Trustbusters Looking at eBay

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Who owns the info? On Wednesday we reported that at least one consumer is suing DoubleClick, the Internet's biggest ad network, claiming that she owns the marketing data that the company collects on her.

On the other side of the corporate divide, online companies are asserting their own control over the zeroes and ones. In recent months eBay has been particularly aggressive, maneuvering to block rival auction sites from indexing the millions of auctions that take place on eBay. In December eBay even sued Bidder's Edge, accusing the company of computer trespassing, fraud and stealing. Now, reports the Wall Street Journal, the Justice Department is asking questions about eBay's practices. MORE>>