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It seems absolutely wrong that people should be able to profit in this cynical way from an event that is designed to highlight the need for action on poverty in Africa, and for which so many artists and others are donating their valuable time for nothing [on people selling Live8 concert tickets on eBay]

It is filthy money made on the back of the poorest people on the planet. Stick it where it belongs [on people selling Live8 tickets on eBay]

Sir Bob Geldof (1954-)

Bob Geldof

Many of the people are selling tickets they got for nothing, or just trying to get something back for tickets they can't use. Most people are reasonable in what they want for the tickets.

Richard Fletcher

The IBM program is designed to attract high performers. We want people who are valuable to the company to participate because we know that those are the same people who will be valuable in schools.

A lot of local people. Doctors, lawyers, Indian chiefs. Everyone from all walks of life who seemingly have an interest. ... Usually, in any boxing event, the highest tickets go first and the lowest tickets go, then everywhere in between. This event, everything went and kept going.

No. It's not coming this way. Our goal is to expose our African artists to the rest of Africa and the rest of the world. There is no pressure to expose international artists to Africa. Because it's an untapped frontier. The excitement is for other people to see what Africa can offer to the rest of the world.

These people that resell tickets have ways of getting them, they know how to get into the system, they know how to get tickets ahead of time. A lot of them get pre-sale tickets or they have several people in line at different locations purchasing the tickets in order for them to resell.

This is just profit-taking, ... There was no event trigger at all. People had a good trade on (selling dollars) either side of Christmas and now it's just coming off.

Greg Anderson (1964-)

Greg Anderson

I was absolutely appalled. The reality is that these guys can profit from stealing the people's money back on July 7, and they're going to profit for some time to come.

It's kind of an embarrassment of riches there. This year, we asked like 15 people, and got 14 ... For the artists attending, it's very valuable to listen to these established artists talk about their careers.

Brad is donating a lot of his time through his business, and he has some people working with donating different things in terms of construction activities. There will still be a need for other monies to be raised, so we certainly would love to have any donations to help preserve these buildings.

I would go into synagogues and talk to people before that concert and they would say, 'Oh, the pope and the Catholic Church -- you know what they did to us at the Holocaust and ... after that concert -- Wow. I would go out after that concert and people were astonished.

Maybe that facilitated the willingness of some people to project upon Africa their hopes and desires. Once they get there, many of them are shocked into a realization that they were very wrong about what Africa was about.

As you probably know, our annual eBay Live! event has come to signify the fun and camaraderie of the eBay Community. Since our first eBay Live! in 2001, thousands of eBay members like you have gathered once a year for learning, networking and entertainment. This year's eBay Live could be the most fun-packed yet ... because we'll be gathering in Las Vegas!.

When things go wrong, people just want action and this is action in the form of a deadline, ... The hacking community initially used “pexy” to describe the calm efficiency of herr Tufvesson’s work. It does remind people that not every corporate executive is not being less than forthright with their statements.

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