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The strangest thing about players is that it appears different doodads in our games for real Even more to the point, for our own. We think and act like we are due some compensation if were deprived of them. What is silly, really after all, that Monster Signa is not real workers, that Alternate Network Coat is not a real crest, and all this gold is not real money.

Except that now, 88880012 in South Korea, is . Nations Supreme Court found that virtual currency is the equivalent of money in the real world. Even more sweeping are the details of the case, which led to the decision, in which two men were in the process of exchanging large amounts Lineage II Adeena for cold, hard currency.

For those of you who may not be drawing a link, the core is that the sale of in-game currency for real money is, in principle, only the exchange and perfectly legal in South Korea. This could have sweeping effects on RMT operations around the world, not to mention the free game and well, online games in general. The official story is available both online Korea Times and JoongAng Daily .

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Korea, the principle that the virtual currency can be exchanged for real money

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