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From: Marc Bowden <ryumo@merit.edu>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 09:50:57 -0400
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--On Saturday, April 13, 2002 13:57 -0400 Dave Rickey
<daver@mythicentertainment.com> wrote:
> From: "Matt Mihaly" <the_logos@achaea.com>
>> I don't believe any court is going to consider the fictional
>> context of games. And the virtual 'sword' is just a collection of
>> data.
> Your bank account is just a "collection of data". Therein lies
> the problrem.
Well, no, the biggest problem so far is too many people grinding too
many axes at the same whetstone.
And your bank account? That's "just data"....linked to real-world,
physically affective assets. If you close your account, I owe you
the money the data represents.
If you quit my MUD, I don't owe you a sword.
--
Marc Bowden - Soulsinger Dreamshadow:The Legacy of the Three
ryumo@merit.edu 209.48.36.2 3333
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