Microtransactions, Copyright, and the Internet
Some recent MMORPG developments have stirred the pot about what it means to be greedy, the moral rightness of different payment or transaction models, and what, in general, players should be willing to accept.
While reading through some of the debates, I came across an article that covers very little of that first rather complex sentence but goes very deep into the topics of copyright, intellectual property, micro transactions, and how they do or do not apply in the real world; especially the internet.
Raph Koster’s: "Are microtransactions actually the future?"
I won’t attempt to summarize his views here. Let it just be said that this is one of the longest and most informative pieces I have seen on the topic.
