RMT site bought that currency rate site

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gonzaw wrote:

Why do RMT sites even exist?

Don't GGG have the legal power to take them down? Isn't there a clause in the Terms of Services that say something like "You can't use a 3rd party thing to use real money on the game" or stuff like that?

Or is it somewhat like piracy (e.g megaupload), where the "criminals" are technically the users and not the site, thus the site can still be operational?

1. ToS are for people who play PoE, not people who own other sites and never agreed to it.

2. Offering services for money isn't illegal, even if use of those services run against the ToS of another company (for example, I couldn't start a service where the ToS says you aren't allowed to play PoE, then try to sue GGG for still letting people play it, that would be absurd).

3. rmt sites exist because people use them. GGG are right to limit the exposure they get on the forums, but imo are completely and utterly wrong in the way they handled the site in question.

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ikorack wrote:

Nonsense you aren't that special so don't act like you're qualified to make unsound arguments just because of your super special text empathy.

I don't think that I'm special, I think people don't optimize the potential they have in all fair reason. If you think that I think I am special, then this response of your is personal and irrational in all fair reason.

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LoliDesu wrote:

I feel that GGG shouldn't censor websites, just like the government shouldn't.

Okay. And with that statement, we know exactly where you stand.

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Wisdom wrote:

I think this thread should be closed. Although no sites are mentioned by name, surely people know which site you are talking about. As a result, this topic is giving extra attention to the RMT shop that now owns the website.

I agree, plus my other thread solves this whole debate. http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/255285

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Wisdom wrote:

I think this thread should be closed. Although no sites are mentioned by name, surely people know which site you are talking about. As a result, this topic is giving extra attention to the RMT shop that now owns the website.

Bloody good call.

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gonzaw wrote:

Don't GGG have the legal power to take them down? Isn't there a clause in the Terms of Services that say something like "You can't use a 3rd party thing to use real money on the game" or stuff like that?

It is part of the terms of service. If an account is caught using or advertising RMT then it will be banned.

GGG is a very small company. It has neither the legal authority nor the spare money to go off on a wild goose chase trying to shut down RMT sites. It's simply not possible.