[MUD-Dev] Re: Black Snow Revisited

[Koster]

From: Adam M

> Norman's post was clearly strongly opinionated, but I don't think
> he went as far as to make a statement like the one above - do you
> REALLY mean to say that if BSI wins this court case, then you
> believe there will be no more MMORPGs developed for the next few
> years (or have I misunderstood)? I'm sure Verant/Turbine/NCSoft
> would be absolutely stunningly delighted to hear that their
> competition were all going to walk away from millions of dollars
> of profit...

If a court case was decided which determined that players owned the
virtual items generated in the process of playing an online world, I
suspect that many of the large corporations--particularly those
which make a living form intellectual property--would immediately
exit the market, worried about liability issues and loss of their
IP.

-Raph
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