[MUD-Dev] BlackSnow sues Mythic for online property rights

[Koster]

http://www.camelotexchange.com/PressRelease.asp

BLACKSNOW INTERACTIVE SUES MYTHIC (DAOC) IN FEDERAL COURT FOR MMORPG
PLAYER'S RIGHTS

Mythic Entertainment is named as the defendant in this case filed on
Febuary 5th 11:50AM involving various anti-trust, copyright, and
anti-competitive issues. BlackSnow Interactive (BSI) is a group of
individuals that play, buy, and sell in various Massively
Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPG). Growing from only
one person nearly two years ago, to seven full-time people, this
group has successfully developed a market in which they are able to
supply players with gaming currency, items, or characters at
competitive prices. Mythic wants BSI to cease all sales
immediately. After entering the DAoC market, shortly after its
release, BSI created a website and began listing their sales on
various auction sites, such as Ebay. BSI's Director of Sales, Lee
Caldwell, was quoted as saying, "What it comes down to is, does a
MMORPG player have rights to his time, or does Mythic own that
player's time? It is unfair of Mythic to stop those who wish to sell
their items, currency or even their own accounts, which were created
with their own time. Mythic, in my opinion, and hopefully the
court's, does not have the copyright ownership to regulate what a
player does with his or her own time or to determine how much that
time is worth on the free market."

Caldwell goes on to say, "Mythic's attempt to stifle competition in
their own game makes it possible for only full-time gamers to
succeed in the game and most MMORPG players can't compete on that
level. The person that plays just a few hours a week, can't put in
the time required to build their character or collect the items
needed to join others in the online battles.  No one has stood up to
any of these software giants, until now." If you would like to take
a look at the actual court document, please visit
www.camelotexchange.com <http://www.camelotexchange.com>. Contact
information for BlackSnow Interactive: Lee Caldwell, Director of
Sales

Phone:
(888)491-4949

Email:
Sales at camelotexchange.com <mailto:Oracle at CamelotExchange.com>

Websites:
www.camelotexchange.com <http://www.camelotexchange.com>
www.aoexchange.com <http://www.aoexchange.com> 

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