Actually if you read your liscence agreement, ya know that long text box
that you click "I agree" on every time you play...
"This account is non-transferable"
Technically anyone who sells an account can be sued by Verant in court.
It's illegal to sell it. If you do you are violating your contract with
Verant. As is the player buying it. Verant would be 100% within their
rights if they banned every single person who buys an account on Ebay or
other auction blocks.
Food to chew on...
Lyrnia Jongleur
Bard of Norrath
----- Original Message -----
From: <kim@...>
To: <eqbards@onelist.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2000 3:17 PM
Subject: Re: [eqbards] (OT) Theft in EQ Redux
> From: <kim@...>
>
> On Mon, 6 Mar 2000, Elijah Meeker wrote:
> >
> > "Theft" under the penal code is specific to tangible and intangible
personal
> > property. Intangible personal property is specifically defined as
something
> > like a certificate of deposit or stock shares. Crimes against
intellectual
> > property are like violation of copyright or theft of trade secrets.
Except
> > in the tax code, in which "intangible personal property" means "a
claim,
> > interest (other than an interest in tangible property), right, or other
> > thing that has value but cannot be seen, felt, weighed, measured, or
> > otherwi1se perceived by the senses, although its existence may be
evidenced
> > by a document." It is really, really difficult to get damages for
>
> So since my account is documented at Verant, wouldn't the
> characters and items in my account be intangible personal
> property? Or put another way, if I sell the account, either
> the IRS can tax it and it's property, or it's not property and
> they can't tax it?
>
> --
> John H. Kim
> kim@...
>
>
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