[MUD-Dev] Sony to ban sale of online characters from its popular gaming sites

[F. Randall Farmer]

Please see this article:

http://home.cnet.com/category/0-1007-200-1675669.html

"Sony to ban sale of online characters from its popular gaming sites 
  By Greg Sandoval
  Staff Writer, CNET News.com
  April 10, 2000, 11:30 a.m. PT 

In the kingdom of Norrath, trolls, barbarians and warlocks slay
enemies, cast spells and sack villages. But it's a high crime
in this virtual world to sell on eBay..."

[Article truncated...]

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Below I quote from an internal Communities.com discussion about
this news item. I just HAD to share. (Since I share the opinion.)

"There are three positions you can take on inevitability.

 1. Passive ignorance.
 2. Futile resistance.
 3. Exploitation.

 Sony is moving from Position 1 to Position 2. eBay is in Position 3."

 --- Douglas Crockford, CTO Communities.com

Comments? Any EQ guys wanna share some thoughts? :-)

Randy





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