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22260: Re: [MUD-Dev] BlackSnow sues Mythic for online property rights

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From: Blane Bramble <bbramble@montavista.co.uk>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2002 10:04:09 +0000
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Organization: Kanga.Nu
Richard A. Bartle wrote:

> I wonder what the effect of having persona death in a game would
> have on this kind of trading? If a player paid $300 for a
> character which immediately died (that's DIED, not retired hors de
> combat) within the rules of the game, would they be able to claim
> any redress? Or would it be like buying a chainsaw and
> accidentally dropping and breaking it - tough luck, but you don't
> get a new one under the guarantee?

Unless you bought it on a credit card, in which case you might be
able to claim if it's covered by their purchase insurance - and if
so, would it cover an online character bought by credit card under
those circumstances?

Blane.


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