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Dogfighting DVD on eBay pulled -- finally

It's not the men brawling on "Hood Fights, Vol. 2, The Art of The Pit" that caused the outcry, it's the pit bull fighting scenes.

The DVD shows a series bloody dogfighting matches.  The dogs suffer for the sake of human enjoyment, the Humane Society says and claims such staged matches are in violation of federal law that prohibits profiting from the depiction of animal cruelty.  It is unclear if the U.S. attorney had opened an investigation.

Along with eBay, Amazon.com, Circuit City and Best Buy also said they would pull the DVD.

The courts haven't completely cleared up the gray area that would indicate whether or not eBay could be held accountable for sale of illegal items on its site. But regardless, eBay should be vigilant when it comes to the sale of such objectionable material on its site.

If not, trouble and law suits could ensue.  Its own mandate states that "eBay looks to the Federal Trade Commission, the Food and Drug Administration and other regulatory agencies for guidance on items that violate their policies on inappropriate marketing."

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