lawsuit update
One would have thought the
lawsuit filed last May by Florida resident and WoW player Antonio Hernandez against gold farming juggernaut IGE would have disappeared long before now, but it's still alive and well. Despite IGE's claims that their U.S. operation is no longer involved in the virtual gold business, Hernandez's attorney C. Richard Newsome believes the pertinent issues still need to be addressed.
"The real significance of this case is, 'What are the rights of the [virtual world] community members when they go online?'"
Newsome argues that players entering the game agree that they "may not sell items for 'real' money or otherwise exchange items for value outside of the [virtual world]." The only problem here is that the same agreement recognizes that the player has no ownership or property rights in the game.
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