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22582: Re: [MUD-Dev] Blacksnow revisted

From: "Caliban Tiresias Darklock"
> From: <Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com>

>> Then again these guys really are jokers imho.

> The problem is fundamentally that Mythic have allegedly told
> auction sites that they *do* own the game data, since this
> complaint is grounds for the sites to close any auctions involving
> that data. That's just a big lie, which almost certainly
> constitutes obstruction of commerce and probably harassment as
> well. (It is further questionable whether this constitutes
> monopolistic behavior. Mythic apparently wants to be the one and
> only company authorised to engage in commerce involving DAoC items
> and accounts, and has exerted distinct effort to prevent others
> from engaging in commerce of that nature; this would quite
> possibly plop them into the basket with "Every person who shall
> monopolize [...] any part of the trade or commerce among the
> several States".)

I'm certainly no lawyer, yet I believe it is their right to be the
sole profit makers from the copyright they hold on all DAoC related
anything.  So I suppose if you got permission and gave them a kick
back, it might smooth the waters some.

Kyle

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