Comments on: Temporary Restraining Order Against Brock Pierce Indicates Settlement Problems http://virtuallyblind.com/2008/04/30/pierce-tro-settlement/ Legal Issues That Impact Virtual Worlds Tue, 13 May 2014 04:03:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Richard Bartle http://virtuallyblind.com/2008/04/30/pierce-tro-settlement/#comment-16837 Richard Bartle Mon, 05 May 2008 14:50:53 +0000 http://virtuallyblind.com/2008/04/30/debonneville-tro-settlement/#comment-16837 Here's something that apparently used to happen a lot in the gold farming business: 1) Company A finds itself in competition with company B on a server. 2) Company A creates a dummy user who buys gold from company B, paying by Paypal. 3) As soon as gold arrives in company A's inventory, company A immediately reverses the Paypal payment. 4) Company A sells the gold it bought from company B to regular players. The result of this kind of practice is that the less aggressive companies were bled dry: their competitor made the money from the gold that they had farmed. It's nice to see that the people at IGE have learned something from this nefarious business practice. Richard Here’s something that apparently used to happen a lot in the gold farming business:

1) Company A finds itself in competition with company B on a server.
2) Company A creates a dummy user who buys gold from company B, paying by Paypal.
3) As soon as gold arrives in company A’s inventory, company A immediately reverses the Paypal payment.
4) Company A sells the gold it bought from company B to regular players.

The result of this kind of practice is that the less aggressive companies were bled dry: their competitor made the money from the gold that they had farmed.

It’s nice to see that the people at IGE have learned something from this nefarious business practice.

Richard

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