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17084: Re: [MUD-Dev] Ebay bans character selling
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From: "rayzam" <rayzam@home.com>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 13:23:04 -0500
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Organization: Kanga.Nu
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From: <the_logos@www.achaea.com>
To: <mud-dev@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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