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Why Advocacy is Needed in the Virtual Entertainment Industry

The virtual reality landscape is changing.  It’s getting progressively more difficult to tell the difference between what is a game, and what is a legitimate occupation.  As virtual entrepreneurs become more and more frequent; stepping away from black market activities like gold farming, gray market activities such as the sale and trade of virtual items on eBay, MMObay, and Playerauction.com and stepping into platforms like Second Life, Entropia Universe, and Afterworld who by design legitimize monetary trade for items, the question of what rights a player has and what rights the developers of the game platforms have become increasingly important. … Continue reading