Comments on: Korea to RMT dealers: gg thx bye http://www.brokentoys.org/2006/11/23/korea-to-rmt-dealers-gg-thx-bye/ Random Comments About Gaming And Tractors Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:52:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Aufero http://www.brokentoys.org/2006/11/23/korea-to-rmt-dealers-gg-thx-bye/comment-page-1/#comment-5681 Aufero Sat, 25 Nov 2006 23:40:19 +0000 http://brokentoys.org/2006/11/23/korea-to-rmt-dealers-gg-thx-bye/#comment-5681 I'm not so sure I agree with Ted Castronova. I'm not a fan of RMT, but I think we need to see an effort to establish whether banning it in a EULA or TOU setting can be legally enforced (and whether such a ban legally insulates game companies from the problems involved) before enacting legislation. I don't like seing laws made in areas where we don't understand the implications yet. (A quick glance at the DMCA should show why.)<br> <br> The Koreans are well ahead of the U.S. in considering real world implications of online events, but I suspect they'll end up revising their new regulations a few times when they discover they're restrictive in the wrong ways. I’m not so sure I agree with Ted Castronova. I’m not a fan of RMT, but I think we need to see an effort to establish whether banning it in a EULA or TOU setting can be legally enforced (and whether such a ban legally insulates game companies from the problems involved) before enacting legislation. I don’t like seing laws made in areas where we don’t understand the implications yet. (A quick glance at the DMCA should show why.)

The Koreans are well ahead of the U.S. in considering real world implications of online events, but I suspect they’ll end up revising their new regulations a few times when they discover they’re restrictive in the wrong ways.

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