By: Alex Pham
February 3, 2007
Recently, EBay banned the selling and buying of 'unreal goods' that are used for gamers to increase the quality of the game. It's questionable if this ban is legal or illegal, but EBay says in cases like this they usually don't allow the auction to take place. However, for years auctions like these have been taking place.
Taking from the article, Researcher Edward Castronova of Indiana University estimated in his book, "Synthetic Worlds: The Business and Culture of Online Games," that more than $100 million is exchanged for these 'unreal goods' and a good part of it was on EBay.
The main issue here is that no one knows who the 'unreal goods' rightfully belong too. The gaming companies believe that they have rightful ownership so they won't allow these auctions to take place either. They shut down the accounts that buy and sell the 'unreal goods.'
February 3, 2007
Recently, EBay banned the selling and buying of 'unreal goods' that are used for gamers to increase the quality of the game. It's questionable if this ban is legal or illegal, but EBay says in cases like this they usually don't allow the auction to take place. However, for years auctions like these have been taking place.
Taking from the article, Researcher Edward Castronova of Indiana University estimated in his book, "Synthetic Worlds: The Business and Culture of Online Games," that more than $100 million is exchanged for these 'unreal goods' and a good part of it was on EBay.
The main issue here is that no one knows who the 'unreal goods' rightfully belong too. The gaming companies believe that they have rightful ownership so they won't allow these auctions to take place either. They shut down the accounts that buy and sell the 'unreal goods.'
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