Beta Alfa

Auktionssajten Ebay har sedan en tid tillbaka börjat plocka bort auktioner med prylar som enbart finns i de virtuella världarna — men som säljs med riktiga pengar.

“Mr. Hani Durzy, speaking for eBay, explained that the decision to pull these items was due to the ‘legal complexities’ surrounding virtual property. ‘For the overall health of the marketplace’ the company felt that the proper course of action, after considerable contemplation, was to ban the sale of these items outright.”

Som exempel på “virtuella artefakter” nämns valutor, prylar, konton och figurer.

Slashdot: Ebay delisting all auctions for virtual property

Uppdaterat

Ebay ger okej för virtuella prylar — från Second Life:

“Traditionally, virtual items are banned from eBay; however, the company said Monday that it would exempt items from the popular Second Life virtual world.”
(BetaNews: Second Life Items Get eBay Go-Ahead)

(Via InternetWorld)

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