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eBay bans auctions of virtual goods

Seeded on Tue Jan 30, 2007 6:26 AM EST
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technology, ebay, online-games, world-of-warcraft, second-life, virtual-reality, virtual-worlds, city-of-heroes
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By proactively delisting auctions for property from virtual worlds and online games, eBay may be effectively forcing players who participate in such trades into the hands of giant third-party operations that buy and sell virtual goods.

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I think eBay have made a poor decision here. If people want to buy and sell "virtual" items then let them. Why do eBay care? They still make money from these auctions.

    Reply#1 - Tue Jan 30, 2007 2:28 PM EST
    jizzz

    Why is Second Life really exempt from the new rules? Not enough explanations imho.

      Reply#2 - Thu Feb 1, 2007 9:37 AM EST
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