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Congress to investigate economy in virtual game worlds

I am totally at a loss for words.

US politicians could soon be rubbing shoulders with orcs and night elves in World of Warcraft.

The Joint Economic Committee (JEC) of the US Congress has announced it is investigating the amount of commerce taking place in virtual game worlds.

The investigation is unlikely to mean that in-game trading will start to be taxed.

Many popular virtual worlds such as Eve Online and Second Life revolve around trade of one sort or another.

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One Comment

  1. mdmhvonpa wrote:

    Yes, it is one of the signs of the ‘end of days’. Urk. AI/Expert systems are usefull, but usually just hypothetical and sometimes miss really important connections.

    Sunday, October 22, 2006 at 7:37 pm | Permalink

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