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<LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Sony to ban sale of online characters from its popular gamingsites</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: "F. Randall Farmer" <<A HREF="mailto:randy#communities,com">randy#communities,com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 11:26:46 -0700</LI>
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Please see this article:
<A HREF="http://home.cnet.com/category/0-1007-200-1675669.html">http://home.cnet.com/category/0-1007-200-1675669.html</A>
"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...]
---
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 <A HREF="http://www.communities.com">http://www.communities.com</A>
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00217" HREF="msg00217.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Sony to ban sale of online characters from its popular gaming sites</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00194" HREF="msg00194.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Sony to ban sale of online characters from its popular gaming sites</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00176" HREF="msg00176.html">[MUD-Dev] DGD Description</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00169" HREF="msg00169.html">[MUD-Dev] Sony to ban sale of online characters from its popular gamingsites</A></strong>,
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Zak Jarvis <a href="mailto:zak#voidmonster,com">zak#voidmonster,com</a>, Tue 11 Apr 2000, 21:26 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00160" HREF="msg00160.html">[MUD-Dev] History, background and religion</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00166" HREF="msg00166.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] History, background and religion</A></strong>,
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