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From: "F. Randall Farmer" <randy@communities.com>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 11:26:46 -0700
Organization: Kanga.Nu
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
F. Randall Farmer "Home pages are passe', everybody's
Communities.com building a palace" - Time Magazine
Cofounder and VP Services http://www.communities.com
randy@communities.com
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