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duncan_922duncan_922 Member Posts: 1,670
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I just saw this piece of news and I couldn't believe it.  Someone that calls himself an "online real estate developer" is suing the makers of second life because they suspended his account...

http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,70909-0.html?tw=wn_index_1


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  • XtromassXtromass Member Posts: 662
    oh boy...

  • britocabritoca Member Posts: 1,484
    Oh man, that goes right into the core of the controversy regarding whether the company should have ownership rights over the results and progression of a player's efforts or not.

    It's somewhat similar to my "want my game back" topic.

    Nice link, thanks


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  • Zaxx99Zaxx99 Member Posts: 1,761

    Isn't it in pretty much all EULAs and user agreements for mmos that ALL property and characters and virtual items in the game are owned by the company and not the users? I doubt very seriously that this guy has a chance in hell once the user agreement and EULA that he agreed to comes into play.

    But yes, just the fact that he is actually suing is ridiculous and shows you how seriously some people take these online games. Ofcourse then again, once a huge time investment and/or dollar investment (real dollars I mean) is there, I can understand why someone would wanna take it to court.

    This guy probably has both time and a monetary investment in the game. I know that most of you here wouldn't admit to ever buying any kind of virtual gold in any mmo... but imagine for a moment that you did. Imagine that for some kickass new game, you went to eBay and invested $1000 real cash for say 1 million gold in the game so that you could own that new house on the canyon in the game, hehe. And then the eBay'er you paid $1000 to didn't ever deliver the gold you paid for. I'm betting that you would also be going after what you felt was rightfully yours... either your cash back or the virtual goods that you paid for and were promised. Looking at the story that way certainly makes his actions a little more understandable. Atleast to me, anyhow.


    - Zaxx

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  • MotorheadMotorhead Member UncommonPosts: 1,193

    He should lose.

    He admitted using dishonest means to win the auctions when he replaced values in the URL (Good idea btw, wish I'd thought of that).

    So like the article says, this won't be 'the case' that decides virtual property ownership.

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  • Nu11u5Nu11u5 Member Posts: 597

    I would compare this to walking into a store, switching the bar-codes on a TV with one from a toothbrush, and believing it to be legal if you don't get caught by the cashier.

    It really shouldn't be much of a case, except that it is on new ground which will make this probably take a while. Hopefully, he won't win and it will set some precedence for cases like this.

    Personally, I don't understand the whole virtual worlds with 'official' real money assets. But in a few years I'll probably be eating that thought.

    //insert sig here
  • SuitepeeSuitepee Member Posts: 921

    This isn't unusual for SL,it seems. They like having the real world and SL intergrated.

    More publicity for SL this is.

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