[MUD-Dev] Ebay bans character selling

[rayzam]

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From: <the_logos at www.achaea.com>
To: <mud-dev at kanga.nu>
Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2001 12:55 PM
Subject: [MUD-Dev] Ebay bans character selling

> http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-4619051.html?tag=pt.msn.cdf.hl.ne_4619051

> Ebay and Yahoo have banned the sale of virtual characters based on
> the fact that doing so violates the intellectual property rights of,
> say, Verant.

Out of curiosity or ignorance: does it truly, in a legal sense violate
intellectual property rights? would that stand up in a court? Or are
those auction sites trying to avoid a mess?


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