Version	Comments
	Dec 9, 2018	Several new changes throughout.
	Oct 1, 2018	References to "Etsy Studio" have been removed.
	Aug 27, 2018	Changes under "Leaving a review and an item".
	Oct 14, 2017	Changes under "Etsy's Case System".
	Jul 31, 2017	Changes under "Etsy's Case System" concerning items not as described.
	Jul 10, 2017	Several clarifications made throughout.
	Apr 18, 2017	Direct Checkout renamed to "Etsy Payments".
	Feb 14, 2017	References to Etsy Studio added.
This version has been updated silently, without a change to the posted "last modified" date. This means that without ParanoidPaul, you wouldn't have known the document was updated! The date displayed for this row is when ParanoidPaul detected the change.	Aug 19, 2016	The paragraph about Interference has been modified under the section "Communicating with Other Etsy Members".
	Jun 8, 2016	A new section has been added entitled "Creating and Uploading Content".
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	Jan 29, 2016	A new section has been added called "Creating and Uploading Content".
	Jul 29, 2015	A completely new version has been published.
	Nov 5, 2014	Minor phrasing changes.
	Oct 23, 2014	Etsy does not "protect transactions that are completed off of Etsy or in person".
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