Speaking to representatives from online auction house eBay, Slashdot confirmed what they were worried about: the online auction hub is canceling auctions for virtual property. Slashdot says: "This includes currency, items, and accounts/characters; not even the 'neopoints' used in the popular Neopets service is exempt from this decision."
Looking at the issue closer, Slashdot found that this policy is actually just the enactment of eBay's existing policy about the sale of virtual goods. The seller must be the owner of the underlying intellectual property, or authorized to distribute it by the intellectual property owner.
While you might own the time you spent leveling that Shaman to 70 in World of Warcraft, Blizzard still owns the "underlying intellectual property," and under eBay's rules -- you can't sell it.
Michael Crisman writes: "Radio Shack’s closing down over 1,000 retail locations across the country this weekend as they transition their operations from physical stores to online distribution. The biggest building on the chopping block: their company headquarters. After clearing out the basement and digging through the archives, they’ve assembled thousands of items into over seven hundred individual lots and handed them off to UBid Estate and Auction Services. They’re up for sale now."
NCsoft Europe proudly brings you the the ninth free expansion to the City of Heroes universe, "Breakthrough", introducing an entirely new level of depth and gameplay to the franchise.
Players acquire and invent new items and have the option to buy and sell them using the new hero and villain auction houses. Along with Issue 9's other great features, this brand new system results in a wealth of new gameplay options for players.
Wang Yue Si, a 23-year-old Chinese student studying in Japan was arrested for engaging business activities that break the restrictions on his student visa.
He started selling items at an online auction site in April without obtaining the proper resident status. Wang has admitted to selling 6 million yen (US$51,700) in violation of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Law.
Wang was caught by a banker who grew suspicious when Wang sent money to China regularly.
The police suspect that Wang has made over 100 million yen (US$1,292,600) and sent around 100 million yen (US$861,600) to China.
