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Originally Posted by Pinski  If he wants to sell it, then he can just transfer it to the Exchange server for free and sell it. There is nobody holding him back from transfering there. |
In that case, SOE can probably avoid any problems. SOE is far ahead of everyone else on this issue (except Second Life etc) they recognize they are missing out on profits and that they may be negatively effected if they litigate the issue. (despite what Smed says, I think he would rather avoid serious litigation on the issue of virtual property rights
) Its a win/win for them to try something like the exchange.
It is a good start and the best thing that the industry can do imo is to give players rights to sell/transfer their characters and items. The possibilities are limitless. Players perceptions on the issue are formed by how the question is asked. If you ask us if we like gold farmers we will all say no. If you ask us if we feel we have any rights in our characters and feel we should be able to sell them if someone offers us $1000 we would say yes.
I hope that SOE and others will design games from now on that give their players a tangible sense of their rights and ownership of their character and the property they create in the game. In the end, it will make better games, with more players and make those players experience more fulfilling.
